Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California
The mainstream media are so invested in shiny object distractions surrounding Donald Trump that they can’t help but highlight and fan each new controversy of the day. The latest case in point was the controversy regarding Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, as she advised supporters who were protesting Trump’s immigration policies to tell Trump Cabinet officials “they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.” After Republicans then falsely accused Waters of advocating “violence,” the media turned this into an exercise in “bothsiderism” over the phony issue of “civility,” when that train had left the Republican station long ago. However, pro-Democratic website PoliticusUSA has gotten it right with their coverage of this issue, by pointing out that it is a distraction that does not deserve our major focus.
On Monday, Waters helped matters when she clarified her earlier remarks. Specifically, as PoliticusUSA reported, Waters said “I’ve talked about peaceful protests.” In contrast, as PoliticusUSA noted, Waters read quotes from Donald Trump which called for or approved of violence against political rivals, and suggested that Trump’s attacks on her are another distraction:
.@RepMaxineWaters said the attacks on her are an attempt by Trump to distract from his immigration disaster. #ctl #p2 #Trump #civility pic.twitter.com/B5pG0hq1ZW
— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) June 26, 2018
PoliticusUSA has shown us that they are well aware of the media’s focus on distractions and false equivalence, and they aren’t falling for it. Here’s what they go on to say in the article:
While Trump and his administration try to play the victim by whining about the rhetoric of Maxine Waters and a restaurant who refused to serve Sarah Huckabee Sanders, there are thousands of children at this hour who remain locked in detention camps, separated from their parents.
This is a lesson that we share. As we have stated before, “Democrats must spend time on these issues that impact our lives, and not simply chase shiny objects tossed out by Republicans.”
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