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2018-09-02 Home Front: Culture Wars
Maxine Waters gives 'Wakanda Forever' salute from 'Black Panther' at Aretha Franklin funeral
[USA Today] U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters got a standing ovation at Aretha Franklin's funeral on Friday at Greater Grace Temple.

Bishop Charles Ellis II singled out the California congresswoman during the service acknowledging how she has come under fire, apparently referring to President Donald Trump's Twitter attacks on the Democrat.

"Everybody just point over there and tell her 'We got your back,' " Ellis said. "Come on, say it so everybody can hear you out there, 'We got your back!'"

Waters stood up and crossed her arms in "Wakanda Forever!" salute from the hit movie "Black Panther." Twitter went crazy for "Auntie Maxine."
Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Civil Rights Movement, 60 years later.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-02 02:50||   2018-09-02 02:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Following her politics just gets you Liberia forever.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-09-02 07:41||   2018-09-02 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 She should take a congressional fact finding trip and visit Wakanda. Really.
Posted by ed in texas 2018-09-02 09:10||   2018-09-02 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Much of the music was good. A person could get killed at that funeral if they were standing in the way of one of the media vampires trying to get in front of the TV camera. The funeral was way too long as was McCain's. The funeral got political with Sharpton. Sharpton, Jackson, Clinton, Waters, and Farrakahn one can do without.
Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-02 09:26||   2018-09-02 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Way past time to put the USA flags back up!
Posted by Mugsy Glink 2018-09-02 09:51||   2018-09-02 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 The "pit stain punch"!
Posted by Woodrow 2018-09-02 10:55||   2018-09-02 10:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, less said about the "funk"
in that room, the better...
Posted by M. Murcek 2018-09-02 10:58||   2018-09-02 10:58|| Front Page Top

#8 ...Well, as a friend of mine said this morning, "In order to fire up the base, Trump has rallies.

"The Left has funerals."

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-09-02 11:51||   2018-09-02 11:51|| Front Page Top

#9 We should help them out then, with a steady supply of people needing funerals.
Posted by Neville Turkeyneck3487 2018-09-02 13:42||   2018-09-02 13:42|| Front Page Top

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