Maxine Waters: 'Surprised' That GOP Is Defending Donald Trump

>>> PEOPLE USING SINISTER SOUNDING DESCRIPTIONS IN ORDER
TO BASICALLY DISTRACT US FROM SOME OF THE CORRUPTION AND I
MIGHT ADD QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES OF THEIR OWN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE LAST ELECTION.
>> I DON'T FIND ANY CRIME OR ANY HARM IN ASKING QUESTIONS AND
GETTING ANSWERS, EVEN FROM PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T -- FOR
WHOM WE HAVE NO RESPECT. >> TWO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN ON
THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON DEFENDING DONALD TRUMP
JR. AGAINST ATTACKS FROM DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS.
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT VOICES AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
HAS BEEN CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS.
SHE TWEETED THIS AFTERNOON, QUOTE, TRUMP SAYS HE'S DONE MORE
THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT IN FIVE MONTHS.
TRUE. HE WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAVE A
SON AND SON-IN-LAW UNDER INVESTIGATION.
JOINING US NOW IS CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING SGLUS YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO YOUR FELLOW CONGRESS
PEOPLE, ROHRABACHER AND GOHMERT, WHO YOU HEARD A MOMENT AGO.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY, EXCEPT THAT I KNOW THAT
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE
DEFENDING AND PROTECTING THIS PRESIDENT.
I AM SURPRISED. I'M SURPRISED BECAUSE MANY OF
THESE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS PEOPLE HAVE REALLY CLAIMED TO BE
EXTREMELY PATRIOTIC AND AT TIMES HAVE INDICATED THAT OTHERS ON
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AISLE ARE NOT AS PATRIOTIC BECAUSE OF
THEIR PROGRESSIVE OR LIBERAL VIEWS.
BUT HERE THEY ARE IN THE FACE OF GROWING EVIDENCE THAT THERE HAS
BEEN CONTACTS WITH, PERHAPS COLLUSION WITH, AND OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE BY THIS PRESIDENT. THEY'RE WILLING TO DEFEND HIM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE JUST SCARED OF HIM.
IF THEY'RE FRIGHTENED. IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO
STAND UP AND CALL IT LIKE IT IS AND RECOGNIZE THAT EVIDENCE IS
POURING IN AND IT'S GROWING OR WHAT IS -- WHAT IS WRONG WITH
THEM. I JUST DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
OR WHY THEY DON'T -- YES, WHY THEY DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO
DO IT. >> A LOT OF THEM WILL SAY THAT
THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT. THEY DON'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD
IDEA, THAT IT WAS A NO NO. FOR THOSE WORDS, NO NO.
BUT THEN THEY'LL SAY THEY'RE FRANKLY WAITING FOR ROBERT
MUELLER TO DO HIS INVESTIGATION. AFTER ALL, HE'S DOING AN
INVESTIGATION. WHEN HE COMESOMES UP WITH HIS
CONCLUSION DID SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT WAS WRONG POTENTIALLY
ILLEGAL, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, THEN THEY
WILL MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION ON THIS.
DO YOU ALLOW THEM THAT PATIENCE? >> WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO AT LEAST RECOGNIZE THAT
SOMETHING IS WRONG, THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT THAT JARED
KUSHNER HAS NOT TOLD THE TRUTH IN, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE
INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY FOR HIM TO HAVE THE SECURITY
CLEARANCE THAT HE HAS, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE
PRESIDENT FIRING COMEY IN THE WAY THAT HE DID, AND PERHAPS IT
IS NOT CORRECT FOR HIM TO GIVE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO
RUSSIANS WHO ARE SITTING INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
IF THEY CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT AND SAY, WELL, THAT DOESN'T
SEEM RIGHT THEN THEY ARE SHOWING THAT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE
COURAGE. I'M NOT SAYING THEY HAVE TO COME
TO THE CONCLUSION THEY SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT I'M SAYING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THE SENSE TO SIMPLY JUST
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS UNUSUAL. THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
AND THIS LOVE OF PUTIN THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS SHOWING AND THIS
DEFENSE OF PUTIN THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE AND ALL OF
THE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST ALLUDED TO IS UNSEEMLY.
THEN I THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT READY FOR THE BOTTOM LINE AND
FOR WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS.
THEY'RE HOPING THAT IT'S NOT TRUE.
BUT YES, OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL IS GOING TO DO THE INVESTIGATION
AND I THINK THERE'S GROWING EVIDENCE HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE
INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO LEAD RIGHT TO IMPEACHMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE. SO THEY CAN DELAY IT IN THEIR
MINDS ALL THEY WANT TO. BUT IF THEY CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE
THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST SEEM UNSEEMLY THEN I THINK
THEY'RE JUST SCARED -- SCARED OF HIM.
>> WHAT IF MUELLER DOES COME BACK AND DOES SAY THAT NOTHING
WAS WRONG, THAT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD, BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING WAS
ILLEGAL THERE? >> WELL, IF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
COMES BACK WITH THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION AND IF THIS
COUNTRY WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PRESIDENT WHO'S
EMBARRASSING ALL OF US INTERNATIONALLY, WHO DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ALLIES AND HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS AND WHO WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CRIMINAL CLAN SURROUNDING
HIM ALL LOOKING TOWARD PUTIN AND THE KREMLIN CLAN WANTING TO, YOU
KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE LIFT THESE SANCTIONS, IF THEY WANT TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THIS
PRESIDENT

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