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Maxine Waters: “Well, we have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active. We have to get more confrontational. We have to…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
Well, we have got to stay on the street. We have got to get more active. We have to get more confrontational. We have to make sure they know we mean business.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters emphasizes the need for active and confrontational protests.

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