California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters said, 'I am not a socialist,' Tuesday when pressed by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, to disavow statements she made in 2008.
Waters denied being a socialist when confronted by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, during a House Rules Committee hearing about past statements she had made saying she would support 'socializing' oil companies. Tuesday when Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, confronted her about past statements she had made threatening to nationalize the oil industry., a resolution introduced by Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., that would formally denounce"the horrors of socialism.
"We can go around and around in circles about trying to talk about and defining socialism, but at its core I was intrigued by an op-ed that I saw not too long ago by a Democrat from Cuba commenting on one of our colleagues, an avowed socialist, and essentially pointing out the extent to which democratic socialism is a lot like the system my family fled except its proponents promised to be nicer when seizing your business. That’s the truth," Roy said in support of the resolution.
Rep.-elect Maxine Waters, D-Calif., calls out as she votes in the House Chamber during the third day of elections for speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Turning to Waters, who characterized the resolution as a waste of the committee's time, Roy asked if she would stand by a statement she made in 2008 where she appeared to express support for"socializing""I’ve got one question for the ranking member.
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