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U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters said that the counterprotesters who burned and stomped on an American flag outside her California office this week, while exercising their right to express themselves, were also acting to further “their own agenda." Waters issued a statement Saturday saying that the protesters who appeared outside her Los Angeles office Thursday did so despite her calls to “steer clear” of a planned protest by a far-right group, the Oath Keepers. “Many people from within the community heeded my advice and steered clear of the event, but there were groups of individuals who felt compelled to participate and show their support for me despite my request,” her statement read. The Oath Keepers

There was no better proof of how we have failed as voters than the scene at last week's NAACP convention, where former President Bill Clinton presented me with the group's award for outstanding achievement. As I told 2,000 attendees in San Antonio, if we had all done our job and voted in 2016, it would have been President Hillary Clinton making the presentation. It got a laugh, but it is the bitter truth. President Trump is where he is today because of our collective failure to militantly and consistently participate in the political process. After our tremendous victory in electing Barack Obama twice, we had to know that we were in for a fight in 2016.