On May 7, 2025, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), 86, fumbled her words during a House Financial Services Committee Hearing, incoherently criticizing the Trump Administration’s economy and mistakenly calling The Wall Street Journal “The Hall Street Journal.” The viral gaffe, where she struggled with terms like “gross domestic product” and ranted about DOGE and Elon Musk, sparked conservative mockery online. Commentators like Adam Carolla compared her to a unprepared third-grader, while X users quipped about subscribing to the “Hall Street Journal” and her apparent reliance on staff-written scripts.
Watch the humiliating clip:
