There’s a lot we can say about our political leaders. Are they corrupt? Yes. Are they power hungry? Yes. Are they a bunch of evil, soulless goblins? Yes. But what may be most significant — the trait that may have the most bearing on the future of our country — is that they are, by and large, extremely stupid.
There is little doubt that we are, right now, led by the dumbest collection of muddle-headed morons that has ever been assembled in our nation’s capital — or any nation’s capital. It is difficult to overstate just how monstrously stupid these people are.
If you doubt that, then please consider this video of Democrat Representative Sheila Jackson Lee.
Before we get to the video, you should understand a few things about Sheila Jackson Lee. First, she is a former member of the Science Committee. Second, she is also a former member of the Space and Aeronautics Committee. The third is that she is, once again, a sitting member of congress. In that position, she gave an address on Monday to students from Booker T. Washington High School in Houston, Texas. This address happened on the occasion of the eclipse. In fact — and this is not the really stupid part, though it is a stupid part — she claims that she, as she put it on Twitter, “created the opportunity” for the students to see the eclipse. Lee tweeted: 
<blockquote>Today, I created the opportunity to see a unique science and solar experience for the students at Booker T. Washington High School. As a former member of the Science Committee and former Ranking Member of the Space and Aeronautics Committee, this was an irreplaceable moment in history. There should be more opportunities to introduce science to our diverse and vulnerable communities! So many students came out to see history for themselves! Many remarked “this is the first time I’ve ever seen this” as they made their way to the field. Despite over 90% of Booker T’s students being economically disadvantaged, it has managed to build an enthusiastic environment where students are excited to explore the wonders of space and exploration. The hallmark of this excitement is anchored in opportunity.</blockquote>
Now there’s enough in these few sentences alone to assess that Sheila Jackson Lee has approximately the IQ of a toothpick.
For one thing, she’s somehow taking credit for the eclipse. She seems to suggest that these young people would not have been able to look up at the sky and view this celestial event if not for her intervention. By gathering with the kids and pointing at the sky and saying, “Hey check it out,” she is, apparently, creating the opportunity to look at the sky. Without her, they never would have thought to look at the sky, or known how to look at it.
Second, she seems to chide us for not giving “more opportunities” to “diverse and vulnerable” communities to view events like this. But she doesn’t explain how we’re supposed to create opportunities for diverse communities to see an eclipse in the sky during times when there is no eclipse in the sky. It only happens once every several years. What are we supposed to do about that? I guess we could invite diverse communities to come outside once a month and then put our hands in front of their faces to sort of simulate the effect of an eclipse, but I’m not sure what that would achieve. Sheila Jackson Lee doesn’t elaborate.
Third, as further evidence of her toothpick IQ, she says this: “The hallmark of this excitement is anchored in opportunity.” Now I want to be very clear that this statement means absolutely nothing. There is no way to make sense of that sentence. There is no meaning we can really glean from it. I think that maybe what she’s trying to say is that the kids were excited for the opportunity to watch the eclipse, which Sheila Jackson Lee had somehow created by some unspecified means. But the phrase “anchored in opportunity” is at best clunky and unnecessarily wordy, and the phrase “the hallmark of this excitement” is just incredibly dumb. Together they make a dumb sandwich.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1344-member-of-the-party-of-science-doesn-t-know-what-the-moon-is-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
In fact Sheila Jackson Lee, we can tell from this alone, is the dumbest kind of dumb person. She’s the exact inverse of the smartest kind of smart person. The smartest kind of smart person is someone who understands complex topics but talks about them in simple ways using simple words. On the other end of the spectrum is the dumbest dumb person who tries to use big words to communicate simple ideas, but doesn’t understand the words they’re using, and so they don’t manage to effectively convey even the simplest idea.
So by all of that evidence alone, we already know that Sheila Jackson Lee is a momentous moron. But it’s about to get so much worse.
At this event, before somehow, in an unclear way, providing kids the opportunity to look at the sky, she addressed the crowd of students and gave them a little lesson in astronomy.
Unfortunately, though, she has an understanding of astronomy that is so garbled, confused, and delusional that my four-year-old daughter could easily fact check her. Here’s what she said:
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So, this sitting congresswoman, who has been a member of the science committee and the space committee, says that the Moon is “made up mostly of gases.” She then juxtaposes the Moon with the Sun, which she says has a “mighty powerful heat” while the Moon is “more manageable.” So she appears to believe not only that the Moon is a gaseous entity but also that it gives off its own light and heat. She very much appears to believe that the Moon is basically a much dimmer, cooler version of the Sun. I’m not exaggerating or trying to be funny here. That’s really what she apparently believes.
And it is needless to say — hopefully needless to say — completely false. The moon is solid. Its surface is rocky. The light it gives off is the light it reflects from the Sun. It does not create its own light. This is a very basic fact about our solar system that every child by first grade should understand.
If my ten-year-old thought that the Moon was made of gas, I would be concerned. That would be a disturbing level of ignorance for a ten-year-old. For a 74-year-old congresswoman it is horrifying. Not to mention baffling. I truly have no idea how you can live through seven and a half decades and never encounter even the most basic facts about the Moon. This is like if a 74-year-old woman declared that the Pacific Ocean is made of chocolate syrup. It’s not just that the belief is wildly off base. It’s that it would seem impossible to maintain such an outrageous misconception for that many years. Yet that is what she has done.
Later that day, Lee responded to the mockery over these comments. She said this: “Obviously I misspoke and meant to say the sun, but as usual, Republicans are focused on stupid things instead of stuff that really matters. What can I say though, foolish thinkers lust for stupidity!”
Now, once again, we have a statement here that makes no sense and means nothing. “Foolish thinkers lust for stupidity.” What? What does that mean? It doesn’t mean anything.
She just thinks it sounds insightful, so she said it. Because she is quite literally dumber than a grasshopper. She claims that she was really talking about the Sun, which is the worst excuse she could have offered. If anyone on her team was at least slightly more intelligent than her, they would have suggested that she try to claim that she was referring to the Moon’s atmosphere when she referenced its gases.
The Moon does have a very thin atmosphere made up of helium, methane, and other gases. It would be a hell of a stretch to try to spin it that way, but at least that would be a somewhat workable excuse. Instead she comes up with the least plausible cover story imaginable.
Let’s go back and see what her statement would sound like if you swap in the word “sun” for moon. It would be this: “A full sun is a complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases. The question is how could we live on the sun? Are the gases such that we could do that? The sun is a mighty powerful heat. It’s almost impossible to go near the sun. The sun is more manageable, and you will see in a moment, well not a moment, but in a couple of years, that NASA is going back to the sun.”
To be clear, that’s what she’s claiming she meant to say. So the spin that this ignoramus came up with is that she didn’t mean to say that stupid thing —she actually meant to say an even stupider thing. Now we have a choice. Either Shiela Jackson Lee thinks that the Moon is made up of gases. Or she thinks that we can live on the Sun and that NASA, in a couple of years, will be visiting the Sun — or rather going back to it, because they’ve already visited it. Pick your poison. And keep in mind that what you just heard was only a 45 second clip of remarks that went on for more than five minutes. Remarks that also featured this claim:
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Okay, now I can’t be sure what exactly this lunatic is babbling about, but she seems to be confusing an eclipse with a Supermoon. The latter occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth, which is something that happens not once every 20 years, but a few times every year.
As for the statement that “they will shut the light down,” I honestly have no idea what that’s even supposed to mean. Who is &#8220;they&#8221;? Does she think there are people living on the moon who manually control how much light comes from the Sun? In my entire life I’ve never heard anyone refer to the moon as a “they.” Does she think the Moon is non-binary? We can’t be sure. But she keeps going. Listen: 
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The Moon and Sun create our music, she says. That’s obviously asinine but it is the closest she gets to something resembling a coherent thought. The problem is that right before that she claims that there are solar systems “smaller than the Earth.” That would mean that somewhere in the universe there is a star that, together with the planets orbiting it, is smaller than the Earth itself and so small in fact that the orbit of the planets around it is no greater than the diameter of the Earth. For the record, there is no evidence that anything like this exists anywhere in the universe. But it does exist in Sheila Jackson Lee’s imagination. A place where the Moon is not only made up of gases, but is also a planet:
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Now is probably a good time to tell you that this woman graduated from Yale. She’s a Yale graduate, a prominent congresswoman, and a former member of multiple science committees, yet she can’t even bull**** her way through a five minute presentation about the eclipse to a bunch of public school kids without diving headfirst into the most bizarre science fiction anyone has ever heard. This is like what would happen to me if I woke up one day and suddenly found myself standing in front of some sort of conference of mathematicians, expected to give a presentation about calculus. Except that I could probably get out at least one or two sentences before it becomes painfully obvious that I haven’t the slightest clue what I’m talking about. And also that’s calculus. In Shiela Jackson Lee’s case, she was asked to speak at a grade school level about the Moon, and couldn’t do it.
Fortunately she did fact check herself during her remarks, checking with someone to make sure her science was accurate. Watch:
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She was near it. Yes, about as near as the Earth is to Pluto. Which according to Sheila Jackson Lee is probably about 14 and a half miles or so.
Now, there is no reason to belabor the point any more than I already have. The point is that this woman, quite literally, could not pass a first grade science exam. And yet she is a member of “the party of science,” and has been a prominent congresswoman in that party for 30 years. And lest you think that perhaps this woman has not always been this stupid. Perhaps she is just another member of our ruling political class who is suffering from dementia or some other form of brain damage. Consider that way back in 1997 it was reported that this same congresswoman, then a member of the House Committee on Science, visited the Mars Pathfinder Operations Center in Pasadena, California and asked whether the Pathfinder — on Mars — had been able to find the flag planted there by Neil Armstrong. This question was not caught on camera, so after it was reported Sheila Jackson Lee’s office accused the journalist of racism. But now we know, all these years later, that believing we visited and planted a flag on Mars is actually the least idiotic misconception this woman has about our solar system.
We are ruled by morons. By people who should not be trusted to walk across the room holding a pair of scissors. People who probably have to wear velcro shoes so that they aren’t caught on camera struggling to tie their shoes. These are the people running the country.
The good news is that maybe we can convince them all to board a rocket ship and take a trip to visit the Sun. I hear it&#8217;s nice this time of year. And that would solve a lot of our problems.

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Member Of The ‘Party Of Science’ Doesn’t Know What The Moon Is

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Matt Walsh

Moon

Readers Pass

Sheila Jackson Lee

Texas

universe

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) fired back at critics after she was caught on camera at an eclipse-viewing event telling students that the moon was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-congresswoman-tells-students-the-moon-is-made-of-gas-and-it-gets-worse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made of gases</a> — and she blamed Republicans and their &#8220;lust for stupidity&#8221; for focusing on her obvious error.
During the event, Jackson Lee told students, &#8220;You’ve heard the word ‘full moon.’ Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon is that complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases. And that’s why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the moon? Are the gases such that we could do that? The sun is a mighty powerful heat, but it’s almost impossible to go near the sun. The moon is more manageable.&#8221;
Jackson Lee claimed in an X post that she had been referring to the sun at the time, saying, &#8220;Obviously I misspoke and meant to say the sun, but as usual, Republicans are focused on stupid things instead of stuff that really matters. What can I say though, foolish thinkers lust for stupidity!&#8221;
She then pivoted to attack Republicans, adding, &#8220;They should be focusing on issues like prenatal care, building more affordable housing, and more reduction of student loan debt as President Joe Biden is &#8230; Also, I care more about these children who would not have experienced the eclipse in this enthusiastic manner. And, I care more about protecting the rights of women and children than engaging in this kind of senseless dialogue!&#8221;
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Also, I care more about these children who would not have experienced the eclipse in this enthusiastic manner. And, I care more about protecting the rights of women and children than engaging in this kind of senseless dialogue!
&mdash; Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) <a href="https://twitter.com/JacksonLeeTX18/status/1777747903542350001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;She was on both the House Science and Space committees. Seriously. She represents a city that is one of the homes for NASA. It&#8217;s called &#8216;space city&#8217; for a reason. Vote better, people,&#8221; Robert Patrick Lewis pointed out.
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She was on both the House Science and Space committees. 
Seriously. She represents a city that is one of the homes for NASA. It&#39;s called &quot;space city&quot; for a reason.
Vote better, people. <a href="https://t.co/pav1CuqAEO">https://t.co/pav1CuqAEO</a>
&mdash; Robert Patrick Lewis (@RobertPLewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertPLewis/status/1778076038289125488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Just when I thought this story could not possibly get any better …&#8221; Josh Hammer added.
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Just when I thought this story could not possibly get any better …
😂 <a href="https://t.co/zuNCtgXD8R">https://t.co/zuNCtgXD8R</a>
&mdash; Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) <a href="https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/1778045355076022573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Sheila Jackson Lee said that the Moon is made up of gases but we can live on it because the gases are &#8216;manageable.&#8217; Now she claims she was talking about the Sun, which would mean that she thinks we can live on the Sun,&#8221; The Daily Wire host Matt Walsh posted. &#8220;So her excuse is that she didn&#8217;t mean to say that dumb thing. She actually meant to say a much dumber thing. Either way this woman has the IQ of a strawberry.&#8221;
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Sheila Jackson Lee said that the Moon is made up of gases but we can live on it because the gases are &quot;manageable.&quot; Now she claims she was talking about the Sun, which would mean that she thinks we can live on the Sun. So her excuse is that she didn&#39;t mean to say that dumb thing.… <a href="https://t.co/iquRHyNQIo">https://t.co/iquRHyNQIo</a>
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Sheila Jackson Lee Knows Just Who To Blame After She Claims Moon Is Made Of Gases

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) told teenagers at an eclipse-viewing event on Monday that the moon was made up of &#8220;gases&#8221; — and despite that, she wanted to be among the first who had a chance to live there.
Jackson Lee, 74, addressed a crowd of teenaged students outside of Houston&#8217;s Booker T. Washington High School — and she delivered a series of scientifically dubious comments ahead of the celestial phenomenon.
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The moon is &quot;made up mostly of gases&quot; so we can soon live inside it, unlike the sun which is &quot;almost&quot; too hot to go near. <a href="https://t.co/bSd9zXcEPo">pic.twitter.com/bSd9zXcEPo</a>
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&#8220;You’ve heard the word ‘full moon.’ Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon is that complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases,&#8221; Jackson Lee began. &#8220;And that’s why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the moon? Are the gases such that we could do that?&#8221;
&#8220;The sun is a mighty powerful heat, but it’s almost impossible to go near the sun. The moon is more manageable,&#8221; the Texas legislator continued. &#8220;And you will see in a moment — not a moment, you will see in a couple of years, that NASA is going back to the moon.&#8221;
Jackson Lee also claimed that the moon gave off &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1777726876489838624" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unique light and energy</a>&#8221; and, according to a <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/sheila-jackson-lee-tells-students-the-moon-is-a-planet-made-up-mostly-of-gases/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the New York Post, gave an even stranger description for the reason the solar eclipse was happening.
&#8220;I don’t think we’ve been on the moon the last 50 years. So we will be landing on the moon. What you’ll see today will be the closest distance that the moon has ever been in the last 20 years. Which means that’s why they will shut the light down because they will be close to the Earth,&#8221; she said, making no mention of the alignment of the sun and moon that caused the eclipse.
&#8220;I don’t know about you, I want to be first in line to know how to live and to be able to survive on the moon. That’s another planet which we’re going to see shortly,&#8221; she added.
Jackson Lee, who previously served as the top Democrat on the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee, also once <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/mooned/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">famously asked</a> whether the Mars Pathfinder had been successful in capturing photos of the American flag she said was planted there in 1969 by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

Democrat Congresswoman Tells Students The Moon Is Made Of Gas — And It Gets Worse

Democrat Congresswoman Tells Students The Moon Is Made Of Gas

Outer Space

U.S.

Fresh off <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheila-jackson-lee-suffers-blowout-defeat-in-houston-mayor-runoff-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">losing the run-off election</a> for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/houston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houston</a> mayor by a wide margin, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) announced on Monday that she will run for a 16th term in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a>.
&#8220;I thought about the many more gifts I have to give to my constituents of the 18th Congressional District,&#8221; Jackson Lee, 73, <a href="https://twitter.com/SJacksonLee/status/1734297232071868796" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X before the <a href="https://rollcall.com/2023/12/10/after-loss-in-mayors-race-jackson-lee-faces-decision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deadline to file</a> for the 2024 primary later in the day.
&#8220;Those gifts involve more hard work and my ability to get the job done! Together, let&#8217;s build on the progress we&#8217;ve achieved and work towards an even brighter future for all,&#8221; she added.
With Jackson Lee&#8217;s decision to seek re-election, <a href="https://theintercept.com/2023/09/07/texas-congress-campaign-isaiah-martin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gen Z candidate Isaiah Martin</a> announced that he would be suspending his campaign and endorsing the incumbent.
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I thought about the many more gifts I have to give to my constituents of the 18th Congressional District.  Those gifts involve more hard work and my ability to get the job done! Together, let&#39;s build on the progress we&#39;ve achieved and work towards an even brighter future for all. <a href="https://t.co/DNylOdgfmk">pic.twitter.com/DNylOdgfmk</a>
&mdash; Sheila Jackson Lee (@SJacksonLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SJacksonLee/status/1734297232071868796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Our focus must be on flipping the House and electing more good democrats — not primarying great members,&#8221; Martin <a href="https://twitter.com/isaiahrmartin/status/1734301361238331803" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a post</a> to X. &#8220;I couldn’t be more thankful for all of your support; this isn’t the end of our story; trust me.&#8221;
Jackson Lee faced off against Texas state senator John Whitmire, a fellow Democrat, in the runoff for Houston mayor over the weekend after they <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211323730/houston-mayor-runoff-election-john-whitmire-sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took the top two spots</a> in last month&#8217;s election but failed to reach the 50% threshold needed to win outright at that time.
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During the campaign, Jackson Lee faced controversy with the release of a tape that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-allegedly-caught-berating-staff-two-gd-big-a-fing-idiots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly contained audio</a> of the congresswoman berating her staff. She also cut a campaign advertisement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-dem-running-for-houston-mayor-cuts-ad-with-one-big-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showing the wrong date</a> for the run-off contest.
The run-off election itself was not close. Whitmire, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2023-elections/houston-mayor-runoff-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a tough-on-crime advocate</a>, received roughly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2023-elections/houston-mayor-runoff-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two-thirds of the vote</a> to prevail in the contest. In his victory speech, Whitmire appeared to take a shot at Jackson Lee over her leaked audio debacle which she <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/sheila-jackson-lee-houston-john-whitmire-audio-18442572.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed on her opponents</a>.
&#8220;People want to go to work for me because we respect people. We don&#8217;t bully people,&#8221; Whitmire <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/mayor-john-whitmire-election-18544745.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;My family taught me to treat people the way you want to be treated, and that works wherever you are, regardless of what community you&#8217;re visiting with. Treat these individuals like you want to be treated.&#8221;

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee To Run For Re-Election After Houston Mayor Defeat

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Houston

U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) suffered a blowout defeat Saturday night in Houston&#8217;s mayoral runoff election against Texas Sen. John Whitmire (D-15).
Whitmire, 74, focused his campaign on reducing crime in the city, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/houston-mayor-election-runoff-2023-jackson-whitmire-ddbc4819f5aba2f5a59c56a18ba7078a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, noting that he heavily outspent Jackson Lee.
With 57% of the expected votes counted, Whitmire was up 86,734 votes to 49,075 votes, 63.9% to 36.1%, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2023-elections/houston-mayor-runoff-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Jackson Lee&#8217;s campaign was embroiled in controversy after an audio recording was released back in October in which Jackson Lee was allegedly berating staffers.
On the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-allegedly-caught-berating-staff-two-gd-big-a-fing-idiots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">secret recording</a>, obtained by Current Revolt, Lee could be heard allegedly berating a staff member because they did not know the exact date of an event.
“I don’t want you to do a g**d*** thing. I want you to have a f***ing brain,” she said. “I want you to have read it. I want you to say, ‘Congresswoman, with such and such date.’ That’s what I want. That’s the kind of staff that I want to have. So some stupid other motherf***er did it. And, and I don’t have the information. Nobody sent me the information. I need to, uh, ensure my, um, schedule and, uh, you know, if, if Boo Boo did it, s*** a** did it, f*** face did it. And nobody knows a g**d*** thing in my office. Okay? Nothing. I gave it to you. Your job was to get it on the calendar, imprint it in your brain, or send me the information back saying, ‘Congresswoman, I made sure that the Ovide Duncantell event that you gave me, uh, for a so-and-so date at seven is on the f***ing calendar.’ Not to, ‘oh, Jerome has it.’”
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“So when I called Jerome, he only sitting up there like a fat a** stupid idiot talking about, uh, what the f*** he doesn’t know,” she allegedly continued. “He doesn’t know. Okay? Both of y’all are f*** ups [inaudible]. It’s the worst s*** that I could have ever had put together. Two g**d*** big a** children f***ing idiots serve no g**d*** purpose. Ain’t managing nobody. Nobody’s respecting them. Nobody gives a s*** about what you’re doing and you ain’t doing s***. And this is an example of it. I gave it to Jerome. This is not child’s work.”
Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheila-jackson-lee-addresses-leaked-audio-tape-of-her-viciously-berating-staff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the recording by claiming in a statement that she “strongly believes that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect,” including her staff.
She said that she was “not perfect” and that she had a lot of “zeal” for serving her constituents.
“To anyone who has listened to this recording with concern, I am regretful and hope you will judge me not by something trotted out by a political opponent that worked to exploit this, and backed by extreme Republican supporters on the very day that polls open, but from what I’ve delivered to Houstonians over my years of public service,” she said as she avoided giving a direct apology.
She then claimed that many who have worked for her have gone on to “bigger and better opportunities” and dismissed the leaked tape as a “political attack and stunt.”

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/house-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Democrat</a> running to become the next mayor of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/houston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Houston</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>, appeared in a campaign advertisement showing the wrong date.
The ad featuring Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX), which <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/oops-democratic-congresswoman-puts-out-new-ad-urging-her-supporters-to-vote-on-the-wrong-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite reported</a> had made it to air in Houston television markets, encouraged supporters to vote on December 7 or earlier — even though the run-off election is set to take place on Saturday, December 9.
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Sheila Jackson Lee is up with this TV ad in the general election runoff for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonMayor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HoustonMayor</a> &#8212; <a href="https://t.co/DszWP4csPg">pic.twitter.com/DszWP4csPg</a>
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Angelica Luna-Kaufman, a spokesperson for Jackson Lee&#8217;s campaign, offered an explanation <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/article/sheila-jackson-lee-houston-texas-18532403.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to local news outlet Chron</a>.
&#8220;New ads were shipped out immediately. Once we were made aware we contacted our ad agency &#8230; and they made the change and immediately sent them out,&#8221; the spokesperson said, adding, &#8220;The news stations did not pull the commercial as we had requested.&#8221;
Jackson Lee and state senator John Whitmire, both Democrats, are set to face-off in the run-off this weekend. They took the top two spots in last month&#8217;s election. No one in a crowded field of more <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211323730/houston-mayor-runoff-election-john-whitmire-sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">than a dozen candidates</a> reached the 50% threshold to outright win and replace term-limited Mayor Sylvester Turner, who <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-mayor-turner-endorses-jackson-lee-runoff-18478351.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Jackson Lee in the run-off.
The botched ad featured comments from Jackson Lee explaining her background and top issues.
&#8220;Houston, I’ve spent my entire career fighting for you from fighting to keep our kids safe from guns when I was on city council, to my days in Congress fighting to protect women’s reproductive freedom and for funding for our police, schools, and small businesses,&#8221; Jackson Lee said.
&#8220;Now I&#8217;m running to be your mayor because if we&#8217;re going to bring down crime, fix our streets, and bring good-paying jobs here, then Houston needs a champion who is ready to fight for what is right. And I am,&#8221; she added.
In the run-up to the November election, Jackson Lee faced controversy with the release of a tape that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-allegedly-caught-berating-staff-two-gd-big-a-fing-idiots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly contained audio</a> of the congresswoman berating her staff. Jackson Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sheila-jackson-lee-addresses-leaked-audio-tape-of-her-viciously-berating-staff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> with a statement conceding that she is &#8220;not perfect&#8221; and imploring voters to judge her at the polls based on her public service rather than &#8220;something trotted out by a political opponent that worked to exploit this, and backed by extreme Republican supporters.&#8221;

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) addressed on Monday night the controversy that has engulfed her campaign to become the next mayor of the city of Houston after an audiotape was leaked last week that allegedly caught her viciously berating her staff.
Lee claimed in her <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/sheila-jackson-lee-statement-audio/285-179f8445-12f2-40f6-93cb-e9447245b08c">statement</a> addressing the audio tape that she &#8220;strongly believes that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect,&#8221; including her staff.
She said that she was &#8220;not perfect&#8221; and that she had a lot of &#8220;zeal&#8221; for serving her constituents.
&#8220;To anyone who has listened to this recording with concern, I am regretful and hope you will judge me not by something trotted out by a political opponent that worked to exploit this, and backed by extreme Republican supporters on the very day that polls open, but from what I&#8217;ve delivered to Houstonians over my years of public service,&#8221; she said as she avoided giving a direct apology.
She then claimed that many who have worked for her have gone on to &#8220;bigger and better opportunities&#8221; and dismissed the leaked tape as a &#8220;political attack and stunt.&#8221;
On the secret recording, obtained by Current Revolt, Lee could be heard berating a staff member because they did not know the exact date of an event.
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“I don’t want you to do a g**d*** thing. I want you to have a f***ing brain,” she said. “I want you to have read it. I want you to say, ‘Congresswoman, with such and such date.’ That’s what I want. That’s the kind of staff that I want to have. So some stupid other motherf***er did it. And, and I don’t have the information. Nobody sent me the information. I need to, uh, ensure my, um, schedule and, uh, you know, if, if Boo Boo did it, s*** a** did it, f*** face did it. And nobody knows a g**d*** thing in my office. Okay? Nothing. I gave it to you. Your job was to get it on the calendar, imprint it in your brain, or send me the information back saying, ‘Congresswoman, I made sure that the Ovide Duncantell event that you gave me, uh, for a so-and-so date at seven is on the f***ing calendar.&#8217; Not to, &#8216;oh, Jerome has it.&#8217;”
“So when I called Jerome, he only sitting up there like a fat a** stupid idiot talking about, uh, what the f*** he doesn&#8217;t know,” she allegedly continued. “He doesn’t know. Okay? Both of y’all are f*** ups [inaudible]. It’s the worst s*** that I could have ever had put together. Two g**d*** big a** children f***ing idiots serve no g**d*** purpose. Ain’t managing nobody. Nobody’s respecting them. Nobody gives a s*** about what you’re doing and you ain’t doing s***. And this is an example of it. I gave it to Jerome. This is not child’s work.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-allegedly-caught-berating-staff-two-gd-big-a-fing-idiots">Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee Allegedly Caught Berating Staff: ‘Two G**d*** Big A** F***ing Idiots’</a>

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Sheila Jackson Lee Addresses Leaked Audio Tape Of Her Viciously Berating Staff

Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) was allegedly caught on a secret recording obtained by <a href="https://www.currentrevolt.com/p/leaked-audio-congresswoman-shelia?r=exz1&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_campaign=post#details" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Current Revolt</a> berating her staffers with vulgar language.
The recording comes as Jackson, who has long been <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/worst-bosses-congress-476729" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> one of the worst people to work for in Congress, launched a campaign to become the next mayor of Houston.
Lee was allegedly berating her staff over a scheduling issue and the fact that the staffer did not know the exact date that she wanted to know.
The staffer said that he didn&#8217;t know the date because another staffer named Jerome had the paper with the date on it.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want you to do a g**d*** thing. I want you to have a f***ing brain,&#8221; she allegedly said. &#8220;I want you to have read it. I want you to say, &#8216;Congresswoman, with such and such date.&#8217; That&#8217;s what I want. That&#8217;s the kind of staff that I want to have. So some stupid other motherf***er did it. And, and I don&#8217;t have the information. Nobody sent me the information. I need to, uh, ensure my, um, schedule and, uh, you know, if, if Boo Boo did it, s*** a** did it, f*** face did it. And nobody knows a g**d*** thing in my office. Okay? Nothing. I gave it to you. Your job was to get it on the calendar, imprint it in your brain, or send me the information back saying, &#8216;Congresswoman, I made sure that the Ovide Duncantell event that you gave me, uh, for a so-and-so date at seven is on the f***ing calendar.&#8217; Not to, oh, Jerome has it.&#8221;
&#8220;So when I called Jerome, he only sitting up there like a fat a** stupid idiot talking about, uh, what the f***?&#8221; she allegedly continued. &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t know. Okay? Both of y&#8217;all are f*** ups [inaudible]. It&#8217;s the worst s*** that I could have ever had put together. Two g**d*** big a** children f***ing idiots serve no g**d*** purpose. Ain&#8217;t managing nobody. Nobody&#8217;s respecting them. Nobody gives a s*** about what you&#8217;re doing and you ain&#8217;t doing s***. And this is an example of it. I gave it to Jerome. This is not child&#8217;s work.&#8221;
Lee&#8217;s campaign did not respond to a Daily Wire request for comment.
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Leaked audio obtained by <a href="https://twitter.com/CurrentRevolt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CurrentRevolt</a> shows Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee berating a staffer: &quot;F**king idiots serve no goddamn purpose &#8230; Nobody gives a shit about what you&#39;re doing and you ain&#39;t doing shit!&quot;
(WARNING: Explicit language) <a href="https://t.co/Lzl4AmKhkS">pic.twitter.com/Lzl4AmKhkS</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1715813601494069674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee Allegedly Caught Berating Staff: ‘Two G**d*** Big A** F***ing Idiots’

Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee Allegedly Caught Berating Staff: 'Two G**d*** Big A** F***ing Idiots'

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sheila-jackson-lee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) filed legislation last week to codify &#8220;conspiracy to commit white supremacy&#8221; in federal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hate-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hate crime</a> laws.
The Leading Against White Supremacy Act, introduced days after the beginning of the new Congress, would <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/61/text/ih?overview=closed&amp;format=xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enable</a> the Department of Justice to prevent “violent activity” in relation to white supremacy ideology. The bill does not define white supremacy. Nevertheless, it adds “white supremacy based motivation against any person” to existing statutes that already introduce penalties for crimes perpetrated against another person because of “race, color, religion, or national origin.”
The bill defines “conspiracy to engage in white supremacy inspired hate crime” as an activity “between two or more persons engaged in the planning, development, preparation, or perpetration of a white supremacy inspired hate crime.” At least one of the two or more conspirators must have published material advancing “white supremacist ideology,” “replacement theory,” or any “hate speech” directed against non-white groups on social media or other platforms where the content could be “viewed by persons who are predisposed to engaging in any action in furtherance of a white supremacy inspired hate crime.”
Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/jacksonleetx18/status/1614898541935083520?s=46&amp;t=nmw6FkSXxXLIo_svsr87Kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray, who said that “white supremacy” represents a “major domestic terrorist threat” during a social media exchange with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) about the legislation. Wray indeed <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/threats-to-the-homeland-evaluating-the-landscape-20-years-after-911-wray-092121" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> lawmakers two years ago that extremists who “advocate for the superiority of the white race” were the primary source of lethal attacks perpetrated by violent domestic extremists in 2018 and 2019.
Whistleblowers have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-fbi-official-to-address-whistleblower-claims-alleging-agency-inflated-domestic-terrorism-numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detailed</a> pressure from within the law enforcement agency to reclassify cases as “domestic violent extremism” when the circumstances do not merit such a distinction. A <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/legacy_files/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-07-27-JDJ-to-Wray-re-domestic-violent-extremists32.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent to Wray last year by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) asserted that the FBI&#8217;s decision to manipulate domestic violent extremist data “cheapens actual examples of violent extremism.”
The Biden administration has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/19/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-advances-equity-and-opportunity-for-black-americans-and-communities-across-the-country/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> internal efforts to “root out white supremacy and extremism” within agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security. Left-wing activist organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law Center <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/01/06/jan-6-anniversary-two-years-later" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claim</a> that entities such as the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes have successfully “infused once-marginalized, white supremacist ideas into mainstream Republican discourse and politics with the goal of maintaining a grip on power and silencing communities of color.”
Lee, who has served in the House of Representatives for nearly three decades, formerly supported a bill that would have launched a commission to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-judiciary-committee-to-vote-on-creating-slavery-reparations-commission-to-address-deep-seeded-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> the possibility of slavery reparations. She later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sitting-congresswoman-claims-that-reparations-could-have-slowed-the-spread-of-covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that reparations for African-Americans “could have cut COVID-19 transmission and infection rates both among blacks and the population at large.&#8221;

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House Democrat Files Bill To Prosecute ‘Conspiracy To Commit White Supremacy’

Sheila Jackson Lee Files Bill To Prosecute 'Conspiracy To Commit White Supremacy'

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Disabled veteran Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL) took issue with fellow Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheila-jackson-lee-claims-that-biden-did-not-really-make-bigoted-you-aint-black-remark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) over the way she chose to transport her American flag while she was moving from one office to another.
Mast, who lost both legs and his left index finger in 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) while clearing a path for the Army Rangers in Kandahar, Afghanistan — was clearly unimpressed when he saw that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/report-rep-sheila-jackson-lee-retaliated-against-emily-zanotti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jackson Lee</a> had placed a rolled up American flag in a trash can in the hallway with instructions detailing where it was to be moved.
&#8220;Today’s rescue mission: saving Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s American flag from the garbage can,&#8221; Mast tweeted a photo of the offending trash can along with a short video. &#8220;@JacksonLeeTX18, anytime you’d like a lesson on flag etiquette, let me know. It’s one of the first things we’re taught in basic training.&#8221;
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Today’s rescue mission: saving Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s American flag from the garbage can. <a href="https://twitter.com/JacksonLeeTX18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JacksonLeeTX18</a>, anytime you’d like a lesson on flag etiquette, let me know. It’s one of the first things we’re taught in basic training. <a href="https://t.co/dZljLi41GA">pic.twitter.com/dZljLi41GA</a>
&mdash; Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBrianMast/status/1600966553281105920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So, this is a W-T-F moment here in the House of Representatives,&#8221; Mast began, adding, &#8220;People moving offices and this is apparently where Representative Sheila Jackson Lee keeps her American flag, her POW flag, in the garbage can, in the trash.&#8221;
Mast panned the camera to show the trash can in the hallway, clearly labeled with a sign saying where it was to be moved.
&#8220;That&#8217;s her idea of appropriate for moving the American flag. WTF. What the — what the hell is wrong with these people?&#8221; he asked.
Some critics quickly pointed out that Jackson Lee was only moving the flag and did not likely mean for it to remain in the trash can, but Mast himself acknowledged that — and his argument appeared to simply be that even just transporting a flag in a trash can was disrespectful.
And according to the <a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title4-chapter1&amp;saved=%7CZ3JhbnVsZWlkOlVTQy1wcmVsaW0tdGl0bGU0LXNlY3Rpb244%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim&amp;edition=prelim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Flag Code</a> (4 U.S. Code Ch. 1), Mast makes a reasonable point:
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<li> §8 (b) &#8220;The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.&#8221;</li>
<li>§8 (e) &#8220;The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.&#8221;</li>
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Disabled Vet Congressman Torches Colleague For Putting American Flag In Trash Can

Disabled Vet Congressman Brian Mast Torches Sheila Jackson Lee For Putting American Flag In Trash Can

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Veterans

Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-sheila-jackson-lee-gets-everything-wrong-ashe-schow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Jackson Lee</a> (D-TX) claimed that if reparations for slavery had been implemented, that might have helped to contain the spread of COVID during the recent global pandemic.
Jackson Lee took to the House floor on Thursday to rally support for <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/40" target="_blank" rel="noopener">H.R. 40</a>, a bill that would establish a congressional commission to study the potential cost and impact of reparations.
Noting that COVID infection rates among minority communities had initially appeared to be greater than among white Americans or the population at large, Jackson Lee cited a <a href="https://hms.harvard.edu/news/anti-racist-epidemiology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard Medical School study</a> that said living conditions — and work environments in the African American community were more conducive to the virus&#8217; rapid spread.
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REP. JACKSON LEE: &quot;Reparations for African-Americans could have cut COVID-19 transmission and infection rates both among blacks and the population at large.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/GpgKBr2AHf">pic.twitter.com/GpgKBr2AHf</a>
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&#8220;There is no doubt we have been impacted, that DNA in the trajectory of slavery to today. For example, COVID. Black African Americans have gotten COVID at a rate of nearly 1.5 times higher than that of white people, or hospitalized at a rate of nearly four times higher and three times likely to die. COVID hit us very desperately,&#8221; Jackson Lee began.
She explained that reparations could have moved the needle among African Americans by decreasing the wealth gap and allowing more people to access better health care, better education, and potentially less crowded living conditions.
&#8220;Reparations for African Americans could have cut COVID-19 transmission and infection rates both among blacks and the population at large,&#8221; the Texas Congresswoman continued. &#8220;Reparations are curative, they&#8217;re not punishment. The analysis continued to look at data throughout the nation.&#8221;
“Wealth is more strongly associated with familial or individual well-being,&#8221; said study co-author William Darity, the Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and a Lancet reparations commissioner. He explained that black Americans have a much lower average net worth than white Americans, adding, &#8220;This dramatically restricts the ability of Black Americans to survive and thrive.&#8221;
While Jackson Lee&#8217;s initial data was correct — black Americans did see higher infection, hospitalization, and death rates in the early months of the pandemic — more <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/covid-death-rate-now-higher-in-whites-than-in-blacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent data</a> show that death rates across racial demographics eventually evened out. As of October, the death rate among white Americans — according to data evaluated by The Washington Post — had &#8220;eclipsed&#8221; that of other groups.

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Sitting Congresswoman Claims That Reparations Could Have Slowed The Spread Of COVID

Sitting Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Claims That Reparations Could Have Slowed The Spread Of COVID

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On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee is set to hold a vote on a bill that would address slavery in the United States and create a commission in order to study potential slavery reparations.
The current <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/40/text">bill under consideration is H.R. 40 and its purpose is:</a>
<blockquote>To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.</blockquote>
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to make potential adjustments to the bill and vote on it on Wednesday. The measure was first introduced in 1989 by Democratic Representative John Conyers, and if it makes it out of the committee, it will have its first vote on the House floor since then.
According to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/04/14/986853285/bill-to-create-commission-on-reparations-nears-historic-house-vote">NPR</a>, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the sponsor of the current bill, described H.R. 40 as &#8220;enabling legislation to address the deep-seated racism and historic and systemic elements of mistreatment of African Americans through the centuries.&#8221;
&#8220;We think it will be cleansing for this nation, and we think that it will be a step moving America forward to see us debate this question on the floor of the House,&#8221; she said.
At a hearing for the bill earlier this year, opponents of the idea of slavery reparations spoke about the issue. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations">The Daily Wire</a> reported that Rep. Jackson Lee called out Republicans for choosing black witnesses to speak out against her proposed legislation.
She said, “Like our last hearing, the minority has selected two African-American witnesses to speak against HR 40. That is their privilege. But we know that justice, facts and that life that was led and continues to be led by African Americans is on our side.”
Utah Republican Representative Burgess Owens, who is black, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations">reportedly</a> argued that reparations would amount to “socialism” and were “impractical,” and that it is “unfair and heartless to give black Americans the hope that this is a reality.”
Owens counter-proposed that politicians should “give us back our history” and that “as we accept our lineage as victors, the same history will command the respect of our fellow Americans — an example of how to overcome the most overwhelming odds.”
The bill is expected to face a difficult journey with Republican opponents in the House and Senate. In order to get past the filibuster in the Senate, the bill would need 60 votes, which some believe to be unlikely.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus for the first time. NPR reported that legislators who attended the meeting said that the issue of reparations was discussed. Rep. Jackson Lee told the media that &#8220;we have heard from not only the president, but the White House and his team, that he is committed to this concept.&#8221;

House Judiciary Committee To Vote On Creating Slavery Reparations Commission To Address ‘Deep-Seated Racism’

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