Rep. Maxine Waters stirred up a lot of controversy last week when she called on people to confront Trump administration officials whenever they are out in public. Now the California Democrat reportedly has canceled events in Texas and Alabama because of a “serious death threat” made against her.
Waters’ call for protests against administration officials was made after some Trump aides last week were confronted at restaurants while intense debates were taking place across the country over the administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant, and in separate incidents, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and adviser Stephen Miller were confronted at Mexican restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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