--- title: Maxine Waters Says She's Received 'Serious' Death Threat description: Rep. Maxine Waters has canceled two public events this week after she received "hostile mail" and "one very serious death threat" canonical: https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-29T05:12:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:20.968Z article:section: Politics og:title: Maxine Waters Says She's Faced 'Very Serious' Death Threat og:description: The U.S. congresswoman canceled 2 public events in Alabama and Texas this week og:url: https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46deea289e039614/6989343fbc6cfccab23e6592/gettyimages-903066644.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4324 og:image:height: 2432 og:image:alt: US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-INVESTIGATION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maxine Waters Says She's Faced 'Very Serious' Death Threat twitter:description: The U.S. congresswoman canceled 2 public events in Alabama and Texas this week twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46deea289e039614/6989343fbc6cfccab23e6592/gettyimages-903066644.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maxine Waters Cancels Two Public Appearances After Receiving a 'Very Serious Death Threat' > Sponsored content. 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Under fire for comments interpreted as encouraging violence, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) appeared on MSNBC Monday night to clarify that she did not call for physical harm or attacks on Trump officials_ by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jun 29, 2018 5:12 AM UTC  US Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Jan. 9, 2018. US Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Jan. 9, 2018. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jun 29, 2018 5:12 AM UTC Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has [canceled](https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/28/politics/maxine-waters-threatened/index.html) two public events in Alabama and Texas this week after she received “hostile mail” and “one very serious death threat,” CNN reports. The threats follow comments Waters made last week [urging](http://time.com/5320865/maxine-waters-confront-trump-staffers-family-separation-policy/) protestors to confront Trump administration officials in public. “As the President has continued to lie and falsely claim that I encouraged people to assault his supporters, while also offering a veiled threat that I should ‘be careful’, even more individuals are leaving (threatening) messages and sending hostile mail to my office,” she said in a statement, according to CNN. “There was one very serious death threat made against me on Monday from an individual in Texas which is why my planned speaking engagements in Texas and Alabama were cancelled this weekend,” she continued. “This is just one in several very serious threats the United States Capitol Police are investigating in which individuals threatened to shoot, lynch, or cause me serious bodily harm.” A spokesperson for the U.S. Capitol Police told CNN that it does not comment on ongoing investigations. The congresswoman faced fierce criticism after she called on her supporters to confront Trump staffers in public for the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that has led to over 2,300 migrant children being [separated](http://time.com/5317117/what-happens-children-separated-family-border/) from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Waters’ rally cry followed two incidents of Trump officials facing public backlash. Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen[ was confronted ](http://time.com/5316975/kirstjen-nielsen-protestors/)while she ate at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was [kicked out](http://time.com/5320879/president-trump-tweet-red-hen-restaurant-sarah-huckabee-sanders/) of a Virginia restaurant. President Trump [accused](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011295779422695424?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) Waters of calling for harm to his supporters. Waters has [denied](http://time.com/5321827/maxine-waters-trump-staffers-family-separation-comments/) that she was promoting violence. “I did not call for harm for anybody, the President lied again,” Waters [told](https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1011409914617614336) Chris Hayes on MSNBC on Monday night. “As a matter of fact I believe in peaceful protest.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/"},"headline":"Maxine Waters Cancels Two Public Appearances After Receiving a 'Very Serious Death Threat'","datePublished":"2018-06-29T05:12:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:20.968Z","description":"The U.S. congresswoman canceled 2 public events in Alabama and Texas this week","url":"https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/","keywords":["Congress","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46deea289e039614/6989343fbc6cfccab23e6592/gettyimages-903066644.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46deea289e039614/6989343fbc6cfccab23e6592/gettyimages-903066644.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-INVESTIGATION","caption":"US-RUSSIA-POLITICS-CONGRESS-INVESTIGATION","creditText":"Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5326177/maxine-waters-death-threat-cancels-event/","name":"Maxine Waters Cancels Two Public Appearances After Receiving a 'Very Serious Death Threat'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The President Lied Again.' 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