Fox News’ Laura Inghram spoke with Congresswoman Maxine Waters Wednesday on President Obama’s popularity in the African-American community given the nation’s economic climate and its disproportionate impact on the African-American community, now suffering a reported 16% unemployment rate nationally.
LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment: The Obama economy is hurting all Americans, but many of the hardest hit are in the African-American community. In fact, the black unemployment rate is at about 16 percent, which is a lot higher than the overall unemployment rate, which is at about nine percent now. And some powerful Democrats are not happy with the president’s treatment of the black community, starting with Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
REP. MAXINE WATERS, D-CALIF.: The Congressional Black Caucus loves the president, too. We are supportive of the president but we are getting tired of it. And so what we want to do is we want to give the president every opportunity…
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How long?
(CROSSTALK)
WATERS: …to show what he can do and what he is prepared to lead on. We want to give him every opportunity, but our people are hurting.
CROWD: Yes.
WATERS: The unemployment is unconscionable. We don’t know what the strategy is. We don’t know why on this trip that he’s in the United States now he’s not in any black communities. We don’t know that. All I’m saying to you is we are politicians. We are elected officials. We are trying to do the right thing and the best thing. When you let us know it is time to let go, we’ll let go.