President Donald Trump abeled Rep. Maxine Waters as "crazy" and "corrupt" and said in Tuesday morning tweet that her "ranting and raving" will make people abandon the Democratic Party.
"Crazy Maxine Waters, said by some to be one of the most corrupt people in politics, is rapidly becoming, together with Nancy Pelosi, the FACE of the Democrat Party," Trump said of the California Democrat.
"Her ranting and raving, even referring to herself as a wounded animal, will make people flee the Democrats!"
During an immigration rally on Saturday, Waters slammed critics and people who have sent her death threats after her call to confront Trump administration officials publicly.
“I know that there are those who are talking about censuring me, talking about kicking me out of Congress, talking about shooting me, talking about hanging me," Waters said in her speech, made during one of hundreds of Families Belong Together rallies held nationally to oppose Trump's zero-tolerance policy.
"All I have to say is this, if you shoot me, you better shoot straight, there’s nothing like a wounded animal," Waters added.
Waters canceled events in Alabama and Texas last week after receiving a "very serious death threat."
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