Members of the House of Representatives must decide if they will stand against Rep. Maxine Waters' call for protests against President Donald Trump's cabinet and administration members, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said Thursday, and he thinks she should be expelled.
"I suggest your viewers call the House and ask what they are going to do in terms of standing up on Maxine Waters calling [for] violence, targeting Trump cabinet officials," Fitton told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
"I can't imagine a public official should be able to do that and get away with it."
The House has many options for Waters, including issuing a reprimand or even expelling her.
"They should consider expelling her for this type of activity," said Fitton. "If they are not pressed by voters, they do nothing."
Judicial Watch in June delivered a letter with an ethics complaint against Waters, D-Calif., accusing her of "inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet" to the leaders the House Office of Congressional Ethics seeking an investigation into whether she'd violated ethics rules.
During a rally in Los Angeles, Waters called for participants to "push back" and confront Trump's administration when members are seen in public.
"[When] you point out inciting mob violence against sitting Trump cabinet members, that doesn't obviously reflect credibly on the House," Fitton said Thursday about his organization's letter.
"The House has to decide whether they are going to allow its members to use the House as a platform and tower and position to attack and incite violence against Trump cabinet members. Look, she is telling people get a crowd together, confront Trump cabinet members as they are getting basic necessities for life, tell them they are not welcome [and] push back."
Her words, he added, "are the very definition of mob violence," and have led to staffers like Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to get increased Secret Service protection.
Waters has also said she's received death threats, and Fitton said nobody should face such threats.
"No one should threaten violence," Fitton said. "Maxine Waters shouldn't be subjected to violence, [nor] should any other politician. She shouldn't be advocating for groups of people to mob cabinet officials as they are trying to get gas in their cars. It's a dangerous situation this woman is setting us up for."
Fitton said he is worried that "terrible things are going to happen" as a result of Waters' comments and noted that costs for security for Trump officials are going to climb.
"If you are a cabinet official, what are you going to do?" he said. "Go get gas without a security detail now? Are you going to have your kids with you when you get gas or family members?"
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