GOP REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (GA.) ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY THAT SHE PLANS TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION TO EXPEL DEMOCRATIC REP. MAXINE WATERS(CALIF.) FROM CONGRESS.
GREENE IN A STATEMENT ON SUNDAY SAID THAT SHE WILL “BE INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION TO EXPEL REP. MAXINE WATERS FROM CONGRESS FOR HER CONTINUAL INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE.”
THE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER SPECIFICALLY TARGETED WATERS FOR SPEAKING TO PROTESTERS AT A DEMONSTRATION IN BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN., ON SATURDAY. PROTESTS BROKE OUT IN THE CITY LAST WEEK AFTER POLICE FATALLY SHOT 20-YEAR-OLD DAUNTE WRIGHT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON APRIL 11.
WATERS TOLD REPORTERS ON SATURDAY THAT SHE IS “GOING TO FIGHT WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO STAND FOR JUSTICE,” ADDING, “WE’VE GOT TO GET JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE KILLINGS TO CONTINUE,” FOX NEWS REPORTED.
THE KILLING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT COMES AS FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IS ON TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD LAST YEAR. FLOYD DIED AFTER CHAUVIN KNELT ON HIS NECK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES DURING AN ARREST.
