Probably an unpopular opinion but I think Maxine Waters only pretends to be on our side to keep us close to the vest. In my opinion she is just another watch dog for Wall St. This is why I think that.

She and her husband helped a company get government bond business, and her daughter Karen Waters and son Edward Waters have profited from her connections. Waters replied that "They do their business and I do mine." Liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Waters to its list of corrupt members of Congress in its 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2011 reports. Citizens Against Government Waste named her the June 2009 Porker of the Month due to her intention to obtain an earmark for the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center.

Waters came under investigation for ethics violations and was accused by a House panel of at least one ethics violation related to her efforts to help OneUnited Bank receive federal aid. Waters' husband is a stockholder and former director of OneUnited Bank and the bank's executives were major contributors to her campaigns. In September 2008, Waters arranged meetings between U.S. Treasury Department officials and OneUnited Bank, so that the bank could plead for federal cash. It had been heavily invested in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and its capital was "all but wiped out" after the U.S. government took them over. The bank received $12 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) money. The matter was investigated by the House Ethics Committee, which charged her with violations of the House's ethics rules in 2010. On September 21, 2012, the House Ethics Committee completed a report clearing Waters of all ethics charges after nearly three years of investigation.

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Edit 1: This is NOT a post to spew your political/thinly veiled racist agenda on. I'm only bringing to light things dealing with Maxine Waters and her involvement in our beloved stock ONLY! Leave your non-GME rhetoric out of it. This isn't the sub for it. I couldn't care less what her stances on anything else are because as we should know by now, both sides of the failed 2 party system don't give a fuck about us and are corrupt to the core. If you hate her for other reasons, fine, but don't bring that stupid divisive shit in here. THIS IS ABOUT MAXINE WATERS BEING A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO WALL ST REFORM AND GME. LEAVE THE OTHER SHIT OUT OF HERE. THANKS. Ape no fight Ape. Ape TOGETHER 💪

Edit 2: For everyone replying with some variation of "well no shit" or "I've known that forever" or "You're just now realizing that"....here's your gold star and a pat on the back! Now, why don't you take a minute to realize that every Ape is not on the same learning curve as you. Not everyone knows and might be just starting to realize that politicians who are mixed up in Wall St(most of them) don't give two shits about us. So why don't you do something "crazy" and look at it through the eyes of someone different than you. It's honestly gross how many so called "Apes" spit this divisive vitriol in a thread where we are supposed to be a community. Put your ego and goddamn pettiness aside for once. We are all eating from the same shit sandwich out here. Remember that. Please and thank you. Apes Together 💪! 💎 ✋ 🐵 🚀 🌙