On July 9, Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, appeared on “CNN NewsNight” to talk about President Joe Biden running for office again. The show’s host, Abby Phillip, asked her about the plan to beat former President Donald Trump. Before answering, Waters spent about 20 seconds fixing her hair and then said, “I think we need to keep working and work harder.”
Instagram Video Mix-Up,Maxine Waters
On July 10, an Instagram video showed this moment mixed with an old clip from another CNN interview. The video made it look like former CNN anchor Don Lemon was talking to Waters and laughing while she fixed her wig. A voice in the video said, “What’s Don laughing at?” and “Can we get hair and makeup in for Maxine’s wig, please?”
The text on the video read, “BREAKING: CNN producer caught on hot mic dealing with Maxine Waters’ wig problem.”
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