Rep. Maxine Waters: I Don’t Think We Should Talk About Giving Up The Mantle, “I’m Not Moving”
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) talks about the future of the Democratic Party at an event hosted by Semafor.
REPORTER: Who do you see as carrying the mantle for you in the future? REP. MAXINE WATERS (D-CA): I don’t think we should talk about whether or not we should give up the mantle. I think it should be about supporting the idea that everybody should have an opportunity. Young people should run for these offices, and if they are competent, if they’re capable, if they raise the money, if they do all of those things and they win, then they should have the seat. But those of us who have been there, I want us to be absolutely looked at, to be criticized, to be examined, to see whether or not we have done what was expected of us, and whether or not we have truly represented the people that have put us in these offices. If we’re not doing that, then we shouldn’t be there, and we will probably not win our seats. But if we have, then I’m one. We’ll just stay there. I’ll be there. I’m not moving.
