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Maxine Waters: “In a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out there and you create a crowd and you push…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
In a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out there and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they are not welcome here anymore.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters encourages people to confront and push back against opposition in public spaces.

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