California Democrat believes Trump and his allies are creating a 'civil war' [View all]

Source: The Independent

Friday 14 March 2025 16:09 EDT


Firebrand Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California encouraged her colleagues and the public to fight back against President Donald Trump’s attempts to remake the government in his vision through nonviolence – believing the president is “on the edge of creating a civil war.”

Waters, a longtime opponent of Trump, told reporters Thursday she believes the president’s recent string of policy-changing executive orders, mass firing of federal workers and implementation of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency is to rile up the public.

“I think, perhaps, it is about gathering the power and bringing us to our knees so that when he changes America with his vision that we will begging for crumbs, basically,” Waters said during a news conference with the Congressional Black Caucus.

Trump’s actions have sparked outrage from some Democrats and protests from the public. “I’m worried that Trump is on the edge of creating a civil war. He alluded to it more than once. He alluded to the fact that if he did not get re-elected, there could be a civil war,” Waters added.

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