Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. And they have tended to take care of those things that they think are important. Whether it's their agricultural subsidies, or other kinds of expenditures that are certainly not expenditures for poor people or for people of color. And so we have to band together and keep fighting back.
Maxine WatersBlack women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.
Maxine WatersIf [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things.
Maxine WatersSo let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.
Maxine WatersI think that there's a great disrespect for women under this administration, led by the president Trump. Not only did the world discover what he said about grabbing women by their private parts, but just recently the president stepped forward to defend Bill O'Reilly after it was unveiled that O'Reilly had paid out millions of dollars for sexual harassment.
Maxine Waters