Maxine responded: "He just lied"

[bigtree]

Joy Reid‏ @JoyAnnReid 5h5 hours ago
By the way, @MaxineWaters responded today to the allegation she (at 120 lbs) shoved a large, male "reporter." #AMJoy

On Sunday morning's edition of AM Joy, host Joy Reid played that clip for Rep. Waters and asked for her reaction to Tracey's accusation. Rep. Waters told Reid that Tracey “just lied” about the incident, and tellingly accused the reporter of being “right-wing”:

REID: And despite that laughter, he then, Michael Tracey, went on Twitter and claimed that you shoved him. Your response?

WATERS: Well, if you take a look at the video, you can see that that's not true. You know, the right wing have all of these people harassing me, following me around, trying to intimidate me. And, you know, I'm surrounded oftentimes, or I'm met on several occasions, at an event like this, by different ones of them. They want me to go away. But, Joy, I'm not going anywhere. They can't intimidate me. I'm not afraid of them. And, certainly, you know, this 125-pound woman is not around pushing these big men. And so, he just lied. If you look at the video, it shows you, there was no pushing. I walked away from him. So, they're going to continue harassing me. But that's okay. I'm accustomed to being harassed. And I'm not afraid of them. And I'm going to continue to speak my mind in the way that I do. I'm calling for the impeachment of this president, and I want the facts to come out to confirm that they colluded with the Kremlin and with Putin.


read: http://ijr.com/the-response/2017/06/890700-maxine-waters-responds-young-turks-reporters-shove-accusation-just-lied/

[skylucy]

1. I love Maxine!!!

[sheshe2]

2. Maxine Persists

[Madam45for2923]

3. We know, Maxine!

[sharedvalues]

4. Maxine will go down in history favorably.

[Docreed2003]

5. Gotta love Auntie Maxine!!

[furtheradu]

6. Blessings,Continued STRENGTH, protection

On YOU, Dear Maxine!
& Thank YOU.💖.

[luvMIdog]

7. love ya Maxine!

[BigmanPigman]

8. The right is definitely feeling more threatened recently and it's showing.

Perhaps they feel threatened by the negative backlash after "successful European trip" and Paris Climate Deal but I am seeing more and more of their abusive behavior toward liberals. This covers politicians to comedians and in print and in person. I know they are normally aggressive but the level has increased in the past few weeks. Maybe they're getting nervous about Come and the investigation.

[Quixote1818]

9. Fuck Michael Tracey, he is just trying to get publicity because he isn't a real journalist

I hate when "reporters" pull this shit for ratings. It makes me want to vomit!

[ProudLib72]

10. Here is the AM Joy segment

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9157702

[orleans]

11. she pushed his microphone out of her face so she could get past him

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/no-maxine-waters-didnt-assault-the-young-turks-michael-tracey/

[The Wielding Truth]

20. Thanks. This shows everything you need. She just barely waved the mic away. No assault.

[Madam45for2923]

22. As a former prosecutor, there is no way I would consider Waters moving a microphone out of her way s

Perfect!

"As a former prosecutor, there is no way I would consider Waters moving a microphone out of her way so she could move to be willful force upon the person of another, warranting a criminal charge.

As a former prosecutor, there is no way I would consider Waters moving a microphone out of her way so she could move to be willful force upon the person of another, warranting a criminal charge.

As far as the separate crime of assault? Don’t even think about it. That one requires an “unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.” I can’t imagine anyone thinking that Waters had the ability to violently injure Tracey by moving his microphone away.

Was Waters belligerent towards the end of the interview? Sure. Did the incident warrant Tracey crying about it on Twitter? Nope. Was it a crime? Absolutely not. "

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/no-maxine-waters-didnt-assault-the-young-turks-michael-tracey/

[Alice11111]

26. Thx for the link. Maxine, keep telling it like it is!

[oasis]

12. Scrappy Maxine don't play.

[Madam45for2923]

23. LOL!

[Mr. Ected]

13. This is the right wing's feeble attempt at a Ben Jacobs moment

Manufactured, not real, filmed in its entirety, enabling propagandized talking points for an echo chamber of American brains held hostage by the Repulsican Party.

[Blue_Roses]

14. She needs a huge body guard

It's concerning that she has so many rwing fanatics harassing her. These people are nuts and wouldn't think twice about hurting her.

[still_one]

15. Here is the video from Esquire, down in the middle. Tracey is a liar.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a55459/maxine-waters-michael-tracey/

Tracey is obviously looking for attention

A I understand it, Tracey works for TYT, and I think they don't always see eye to eye.

They deserve each other, and interestingly TYT and Tracey both are attention seekers

[JI7]

16. they tried to shut down one of the loudest voices on the trump russia issue

i bet they wish they didn't have a video. i wouldn't have been surprised if he had shown up with some fake injuries to blame her .

[George II]

17. Another TYT lying sack of shit.

[TomSlick]

18. Don't go lying about Auntie Maxine.

[lunamagica]

19. WTG, Maxine!!!

[RVN VET71]

21. WTF is going on with TYT?

First, the video clearly shows the reporter was not shoved or pushed aside. So the reporter is lying.

Second, though, TYK is questioning the Russia investigations and the reporting surrounding it? When the hell did this happen? Has Cenk said anything about this incident?

[Madam45for2923]

24. TYT had video themselves BUT DID NOT POST IT! Someone else did.

WoW!

[Quixote1818]

28. Only two people at TYT are questioning the Russia investigations. Cenk has recently clashed

with Michael Tracey on this. The two main people are Michael Tracey and Jimmy Dore. Cenk, Anna and most of the regulars think Tracey is full of shit. He is just one reporter out of many there.

[NastyRiffraff]

25. He probably thought she was just going to shut up

That's not our Maxine, Asshole!

Nevertheless, she persisted.

[Darkhawk32]

27. Seems to me Maxine sort of lost her cool over a legit question...

He was not rude to her and asked her a legitimate question about Syria.

Reporter was right. Sorry guys.

Edit: Watching it again, she came off as a loon. I like Maxine, but she went overboard.

[geek tragedy]

29. "she came off as a loon. I like Maxine, but she went overboard."

cool story, bro

[azureblue]

30. Loon, Blue Heron, Egret

whatever you say, dude. You are purposely avoiding the fact that the idiot lied and said she assaulted him. But you're in good company with him.

[Chevy]

31. Attacking a Democrat at DU is not permitted

especially at the the defense of a GOP propaganda arm like TYT and a racist reporter like Tracey.

[Chevy]

35. There it is neo liberal, perfect TYT talking point

No one was reported but if defending a racist tool bag at the expense of a democrat is your thing then perhaps you care to enlighten us on the "white working class economic anxiety" theory being pushed by the alt left.

[tomp]

37. I see you have your mind made up.

No one was reported this time. but the attitude is there...in spades...as you have made obvious.

[NurseJackie]

33. Don't mess around with Maxine!!

[Chevy]

36. Now Jackie

you know that will trigger the rosebuds.

[SergeStorms]

34. He certainly did lie.

If that was a "shove," and he was so grievously injured, then Donald Trump is the greatest President this country has ever had.

Now YOU KNOW that's not true, so yeah, Tracey is a reich-wing mook with absolutely no journalistic integrity. But I guess you'd have to be a REAL "journalist" to have that sort of integrity, right?

[Hekate]

38. Maxine doesn't shove, she kicks butt