Maxine Waters cancels events in Texas and Alabama after receiving death threats: report

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has canceled two events in Alabama and Texas after receiving multiple death threats, reported CNN.

These threats come on the heels of Waters making comments encouraging the public to protest members of President Donald Trump's administration.

"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," Waters said in a statement.

"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 (sic) 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."