Angela Rye Stands by Maxine Waters, Slams White Democrats for Turning on Her

CNN commentator Angela Rye didn’t mince words Tuesday when she criticized Democratic bigwigs Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for their rebuke of recent comments from fellow Democratic lawmaker Maxine Waters.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/26/angela_rye_maxine_waters_criticism_has_everything_to_do_with_an_intimidating_black_woman_telling_the_truth.html

Rye, a former Congressional Black Caucus adviser, bumped heads with Trump official Steve Cortes during what began as a discussion on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s call for Waters to apologize for her statements encouraging people to harass members of President Donald Trump’s administration. The Congresswoman’s comments not only angered Republicans but sparked criticism from some Democrats, too.

Rye was quick to point out the hypocrisy of the situation, arguing that Waters was being held to a higer standard than other politicians — including the president, who routinely called for violence against protesters who showed up to his campaign rallies.

“My point is very simple: I demand that people stop requiring Congresswoman Waters to behave in one way while everybody else can do something else,” she said, adding that the lawmaker’s comments were “taken out of context.”

"The fact that [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer called what a Black woman said un-American is problematic and this is the reason why Democrats have a hard time uniting the base,” she said. ” … and Nancy Pelosi said let’s ‘make America beautiful again.’ Whose America is she talking about?”

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“It has everything to do with the fact that this Black woman is intimidating to some people who can’t handle the truth,” Rye shot back. “It has everything to do with race.”

http://atlantablackstar.com/2018/06/27/angela-rye-stands-by-maxine-waters-slams-white-democrats-for-turning-on-her/

Spot on Ms. Rye!