Maxine Waters responds to suspected mail bombs: 'I ain't scared'

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PHOTO: Rep. Maxine Waters attends a news conference where House Democrats called for an end to separating immigrant families, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 20, 2018.
Rep. Maxine Waters spoke out on Thursday amid an investigation into suspected bombs mailed to her and other high-profile Democrats.Waters, one of President Donald Trump's most-outspoken critics, said the suspicious packages will not stop her from protesting the current administration.
"We have to keep to doing what we’re doing in order to make this country right. That's what I intend to do, and as the young people say, 'I ain’t scared,'" Waters, D-Calif., told Blavity in a video interview on Thursday. "We must not be intimidated to the point that we stop advocating and protesting for justice."
The FBI is investigating at least 10 suspected bombs, including two addressed to Waters. Law enforcement officials haven't disclosed any information about potential suspects in the case but Waters said she blames the president.
"I think the president of United States should take responsibility for the kind of violence that we are seeing for the first time in different ways," Waters said. "I think the president of the United States has been dog-whistling to his constituency, making them believe that their problems are caused by 'those people over there.'"
Waters, 79, ignited controversy earlier this year when she called on her supporters to publicly confront and harass members of the Trump administration in response to the zero-tolerance immigration policy that separated families at the border.
Waters, whom Trump once called "an extraordinarily low IQ person," attempted to clarify her comments a few days later after Trump claimed she'd "called for harm" to his supporters.

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