Let's make one thing clear. When it comes to politics and being the voice for her constituents, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), aka Auntie Maxine, aka Queen Maxine, does not play games.
Apparently, no one bothered to give U.S. Secretary of the Treasurey Steve Mnuchin this memo because he definitely tried it while testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on the State of the International Financial System on Thursday.
As the ranking member for the committee, Auntie had the opportunity to ask Mnuchin the first question regarding financial impropriety between foreign banks and the administration and she wasn't interested in beating around the bush. She asked a basic yes or no question: "Are you familiar with the May 23rd letter I sent to you along with several Democratic members of this committee?" But Mnuchin proceeded to press his luck by answering every question imaginable except the one that was asked of him.
My comedy album is gonna be called RECLAIMING MY TIME. pic.twitter.com/y26BZ0gpgp
— F▲ITH (@faithchoyce) July 28, 2017
Auntie shut this little game down with the quickness, interrupting him with the statement, "Reclaiming my time." And acting accordingly, the Internet went wild.
My comedy album is gonna be called RECLAIMING MY TIME. pic.twitter.com/y26BZ0gpgp
— F▲ITH (@faithchoyce) July 28, 2017
Reclaiming My Time: a Collection of Essays on Black Women Who are Sick of White Men's Mediocrity
— Professor Boynton (@ADBoyntonII) July 28, 2017
One Twitter user even took the new phrase to church.
Turn to your neighbor and say "Reclaiming my time! Reclaiming my time!" pic.twitter.com/30IMZ1i6OE
— Ma$on (@FirstGentleman) July 28, 2017
Others applied the phrase to annoying work situations, such as meetings that definitely could've been emails.
Let another coworker cut me off in a damn meeting???? "RECLAIMING MY TIME!!! pic.twitter.com/Z68ZDp8hzw
— Cam???? (@_CurlyCam) July 28, 2017
And like Tees in the Trap, we need to know who is responsible for this so we can shake his/her hand.
Per usual, the Internet has no chill but we learned this behavior from one of the best.