Waters fell for a highly dubious phone prank orchestrated by Russian pranksters impersonating [[Greta Thunberg]] and her father.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5DpdWE9oKc Prank with Maxine Waters (Stars Save the Earth #1)]</ref> The pranksters claimed that President Trump told Greta that he committed quid pro quo, and the congresswoman was gullible enough to buy it.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/hah-hah-candace-owens-and-cornel-west-argue-over-maxine-waters-and-her-low-iq-video/ Hah-Hah! Candace Owens and Cornel West Argue Over Maxine Waters and Her Low IQ (VIDEO)]</ref>
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Conservative African American female commentator [[Candace Owens]] criticized Waters' intelligence after Waters fell for a highly dubious phone prank orchestrated by Russian pranksters impersonating [[Greta Thunberg]] and her father.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5DpdWE9oKc Prank with Maxine Waters (Stars Save the Earth #1)]</ref> The pranksters claimed that President Trump told Greta that he committed quid pro quo, and the congresswoman was gullible enough to buy it.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/hah-hah-candace-owens-and-cornel-west-argue-over-maxine-waters-and-her-low-iq-video/ Hah-Hah! Candace Owens and Cornel West Argue Over Maxine Waters and Her Low IQ (VIDEO)]</ref>