Updated April 20, 2021 at 5:26 PM ET
By a vote of 216-210, House Democrats defeated a resolution Tuesday brought by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to censure Rep. Maxine Waters over comments that protesters should “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin were to be acquitted in his trial over the killing of George Floyd.

Chairwoman Waters’ actions are beneath the dignity of this institution.

They raised the potential for violence,