President Trump can forget any hopes of reaching out to one of his top antagonists on Capitol Hill, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.
That’s because she won’t even answer his call.
Rep. Maxine Waters in the NYT Magazine.
Featured in the upcoming Sunday New York Times Magazine, she was asked if she’d like a private conversation with the president. Her response: “I would not waste my time.”
In the interview she also believes that Trump has committed crimes and should be in an orange jumpsuit.
“There have been numerous times when Trump should have been convicted of a crime. If Robert Mueller does the investigation that I think he’s going to do, I think he will connect the dots. I think that they’re going to find not only conflict of interest but also obstruction of justice. I think he’s in for new possibilities of either being charged criminally or, as I think, impeached,” she said.
Times: Do you think you might be having a more relaxed life if Trump weren’t president?
Waters: I don’t know if I’m a relaxed person. In my spare time, I’m curious, and I explore. I collect black dolls. I have about 300 of those. I think that comes out of a history of not having those images all of my young life.
Times: Do you feel pessimistic about the future under this administration?
Waters: I cannot afford to really think like that. I have to get up every morning believing that I and others can make it better, and that no matter how difficult it is, that we will rise to the occasion to force this country to be the democracy it claims to be.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
