Democrats block move to censure Waters over Chauvin trial comments

House Democrats on Tuesday defeated a move to censure House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters over comments she made to protesters near Minneapolis that some warn could incite violence and interfere in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Democrats rallied to defeat a motion by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy that would have censured Waters for telling protesters to stay in the streets and “get more confrontational” if Chauvin, a former police officer, is not found guilty of charges that he killed George Floyd, a black man who died in his custody.