On Tuesday, CNN political commentator Angela Rye defended Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) against criticism from Democratic leaders after she made inflammatory remarks over the weekend by suggesting that the Democratic leaders are racist.
Appearing on CNN’s “OutFront” with host Erin Burnett, Rye quickly moved to suggest that the reason that Waters was being criticized by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was racism.
“My point is very simple: I demand that people stop requiring Congresswoman Waters to behave in one way while everybody else can do something else,” Rye said. “Nancy Pelosi says let’s ‘make America beautiful again.’ Whose America is she talking about?”
“The fact that Chuck Schumer called what a black woman said un-American is problematic and this is the reason why Democrats have a hard time uniting the base,” Rye continued. “It has everything to do with the fact that this black woman is intimidating to some people who can’t handle the truth.”
Rye later added: “It has everything to do with race.”
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