Maxine Waters asking BLM to amp up ‘confrontations’ amid Chauvin trial, still active on Facebook and Twitter while Trump is not

Her comments come as Derek Chauvin faces trial for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May. Waters made the trip to Minnesota on Saturday to join protesters following the police-involved shooting of Daunte Wright last Sunday.

“I am very hopeful,” the California Democrat added of Chauvin being found guilty. “I hope that we are going to get a verdict that will say ‘guilty, guilty, guilty.’”

HERE ARE SIX VIDEOS OF DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR VIOLENCE OR PHYSICAL CONFRONTATIONS THAT ARE STILL ACTIVE ON TWITTER

“And if we don’t, we cannot go away,” she added. “We’ve got to get more confrontational.”

The videos of her comments have since gone viral, with multiple commentators and news outlets showing the clips on Twitter and Facebook.

Her comments have been met with pushback, including from Sen. Ted Cruz, who said, “Democrats actively encouraging riots & violence. They want to tear us apart.”

Facebook and Twitter both have firm policies against inciting or promoting violence on their platforms, which were highlighted when they banned former President Donald Trump earlier this year over what they characterized as the former president inciting the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in a statement at the time.

“We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg echoed in a statement of his own. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”

Trump was ultimately found not guilty of inciting an insurrection during his second impeachment trial.

Facebook did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment if the videos of Waters broke their rules on promoting violence.

While a Twitter spokesperson told the Washington Examiner: “The Tweets you referenced are not in violation of the Twitter Rules.”

Waters’s comments come as Minneapolis has seen repeated nights of rioting, looting, and protests in response to Wright’s death. The city is currently bracing for a verdict on Chauvin, with riots anticipated if he is not found guilty of murder.

This isn’t the first time that the tech behemoths have made headlines for banning Trump but leaving up content from Democratic politicians suggesting violence or confrontations against Republicans or others.

Waters, for example, again faced criticism over promoting violence after calling for her supporters to harass Trump administration officials in public during a rally in 2018.

“Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out, and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” Waters said.

She later denied that she incited violence against Republicans.

“As a matter of fact, if you look at the words that I used, the strongest thing I said was, tell them they’re not welcome,” Waters said when asked by MSNBC if she had ever “glorified or encouraged” violence against political opponents in February.

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Waters is far from alone, with Rep. Ted Lieu, Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Joaquin Castro, Sen. Jon Tester, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also suggesting violence or confrontations in videos that remain active on Twitter.