Apr 20, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Democrats block attempt to censure Maxine Waters over Chauvin comments

Tina Reed

Chairwoman Maxine Waters pictured at a House Financial Services Committee markup — Rep. Maxine Waters arrives for a House Financial Services Committee markup, April 20. Photo: Tom Williams-CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images

A resolution brought Monday by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to censure Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was blocked in a 216-210 vote on Tuesday.

Catch up quick: The measure was brought after Waters said last weekend that protesters should "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in the killing of George Floyd.

Republicans called Waters out for the comments, and the judge presiding over the Chauvin trial called her words "abhorrent."
The censure was blocked just as the nation awaits a verdict in the Chauvin trial.

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Democrats block attempt to censure Maxine Waters over Chauvin comments

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