According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the 82-year-old woman is now entering her 16th term in congress. The outspoken politician has constantly called out her critics during her career while vowing to fight for disenfranchised groups.

“Unfortunately, African Americans cannot trust the current U.S. attorney general or the current president of the United States to provide leadership and use the power of their offices to confront the racial bias, targeting, and use of excessive force by police officers across the country,” she said after police killed George Floyd in Minnesota earlier this year.

Collins, who attacked his opponent through social media and campaign ads, has been critical of her support for the Black Lives Matter movement, blaming demonstrators for the riots of recent months.

“We understand that Black lives matter, just as much as we believe everybody’s lives matter,” he said. “But we are not going to destroy our communities to prove that.”

Launching an ad titled “Mansion Maxine”, Collins implied that his challenger that doesn't relate to the community because she allegedly lives in a $6 million home, not within the district.

“I was born right here in South L.A. in the place Maxine Waters refuses to live,” he said. "Maxine doesn’t care about our district. She only cares about herself.”

Collins, seemingly hitting back at the congresswoman, said he planned on continuing to pursue his defamation lawsuit against Waters surrounding her allegations about his military discharge.

Hey @RepMaxineWaters
@MaxineWaters guess what! I know you had people coming to my office asking me to drop my lawsuit against you but trust and believe I didnt drop that defamation lawsuit and you're making this case stronger every time you attempt to defame me.
See ya in court!

— Joe E. Collins III For Congress CA-43 (@joecollins43rd) November 7, 2020

Waters has yet to respond to the tweet.

Congressional District in Los Angeles

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