U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving since 1991, a total of 25.685990046834995 years. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Before becoming a member of Congress she served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected back when Disco was in flower, in 1976, which would make it 40.68393665874464 years. She has been a politician for virtually all her adult life. If she was brighter she'd be a Communist...'>Comrade Maxine Waters wouldn’t rule out the concept of an all-black political party when asked about it on Monday.
Waters joined "The Breakfast Club" radio show on Monday morning and was asked if it was time for black people to form their own political party.
"No, not at this point," Waters said. "You have to show that you’re willing and you’re able to put the numbers together and exercise your influence."
"We still are not voting our influence yet," she continued. "What we should do is organize our power, exercise our power, particularly in the Democratic Party because that’s where most of us are."
Waters then suggested that when black people are "strong enough" they may branch out into their own party.
After black people fully participate in politics, she said, "then you can raise that kind of question‐whether we are strong enough to talk about organizing another party."