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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) delivered a blistering condemnation of President Donald Trump during a Los Angeles hearing over the administration's immigration raids.
On Monday (November 24), Waters appeared at the Democratic-led hearing alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and other community members directly affected by the ICE raids, per HuffPost.
The Democratic lawmaker opened her remarks by calling out Trump as "lowdown, dirty, no good" as ICE continues to target Black and Latino neighborhoods.
“This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we’re all doing — resisting this lowdown, dirty, no good, filthy president of the United States of America,” Waters said.
Waters argued that the Trump administration is deliberately trying to intimidate leaders in minority communities.
“They are targeting our leadership both in the Latino community and in the Black community,” the California Democrat said Monday. “And while they’re targeting them and following them, I’m on the street, and I’m following ICE, and I’m targeting ICE.”
Waters noted that she has joined 11 protests in recent weeks, often stationed “on the street, in the alleys, wherever I need to be.” During her remarks, Waters described a growing multiracial coalition mobilizing across Los Angeles.
"You are seeing the biggest coming together of the Black and brown community that we’ve seen in this city ever," she said.
Community members who testified at the hearing shared firsthand accounts of families torn apart, workplaces disrupted, and fears of broader targeting as raids escalate. Despite the "devastating" raids, Waters encouraged demonstrators not to lose momentum.
“You must not stop,” Waters said. “We’re not afraid, but we’re smart.”
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