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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies
Texas Tribune via MSN ^ | 20 July 2024 | Matthew Choi and Sejal Govindarao

Posted on 07/20/2024 8:21:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi

WASHINGTON โ€” Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texasโ€™ Congressional delegation and a longtime advocate for progressive causes, died on Friday amid her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 74.

Jackson Lee began her congressional career as an underdog, defeating four-term U.S. Rep. Craig Washingtonin the 1994 Democratic primary, before establishing herself as a fixture in Congress and Houston with ties to the highest reaches of the Democratic Party.

Jackson Lee was a progressive fixture on Capitol Hill for decades. She was an early opponent of the Iraq War and advocate for gay rights. In 2021, Jackson Lee was arrested for engaging in civil disobedience over a federal voting rights bill. By the time of her death, she was a senior member of the House Judiciary, Homeland Security and Budget committees. She never shied from speaking on the House floor or before the cameras on causes she cared about.

She was also a household name in the 18th Congressional District, which includes Downtown Houston. She was known for her frequent visibility at constituent graduations, funerals and baby showers.

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To: Lazamataz
Mom told me to shut up if I cannot say anything nice about a dead person.

So this is my response:

That is what my Mom told me, but I can't help myself...sorry Mom.

Lee was a bitch, a ho and I'm not going to pile on, but the world is better off today, and hell just got hotter.

If I did respond with my true feeling about SJL, I'd not only be banned from FR, the fibbies would be at my door within hours and my dead body would be a headline.

41 posted on 07/20/2024 9:35:17 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Bonemaker

42 posted on 07/20/2024 9:38:54 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: BipolarBob

Same thing happened to Harry Reid.


43 posted on 07/20/2024 9:42:34 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: kiryandil

You will be when she gets re-selected.


44 posted on 07/20/2024 9:42:36 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: rktman

45 posted on 07/20/2024 9:45:02 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘


46 posted on 07/20/2024 9:46:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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Here's a kinda big selection of her racist, foul mouthed, entitled, and moronic behavior over the years, out of two keywords.

47 posted on 07/20/2024 10:00:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Dying of cancer, she spent her final breaths churning out Trump derangement tweets.

It's kinda sad when you think about it.

48 posted on 07/20/2024 10:04:06 AM PDT by Gena Bukin
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To: LIConFem

She was an enemy of The Republic ...


49 posted on 07/20/2024 10:06:18 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: bk1000
Wasnโ€™t she the one always wearing some goofy hat?

No, that's Florida's Frederica Wilson.

She represents the part of Miami that tourists avoid.

50 posted on 07/20/2024 10:07:56 AM PDT by Gena Bukin
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To: Erik Latranyi

ya, i got nothin good to say so...

rip


51 posted on 07/20/2024 10:13:04 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: kiryandil

In the words of Dave Cousins may she rot in her grave new world.


52 posted on 07/20/2024 10:22:10 AM PDT by Gasshog (INDE)
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To: LIConFem

My Aunt died of pancreatic cancer. It was awful. She fought hard all the way.


53 posted on 07/20/2024 10:23:20 AM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: packagingguy

It took my Aunt less than a year. She fought hard until her death.


54 posted on 07/20/2024 10:24:51 AM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Did she die,again?


55 posted on 07/20/2024 10:27:10 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in )
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the reminders. Jackson Lee was a minion of Satan.


56 posted on 07/20/2024 10:30:05 AM PDT by Gasshog (INDE)
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To: Samurai_Jack

One more comment.

Winning.


57 posted on 07/20/2024 10:31:20 AM PDT by Gasshog (INDE)
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To: kiryandil

She’s died several times.


58 posted on 07/20/2024 10:32:58 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Hubby is a regular Michelle Obama, filling the kind of patronage job no one but the spouse of a prominent pol can qualify for.


[Elwyn Cornelius Lee is the Vice President for Community Relations and Institutional Access at the University of Houston.]


59 posted on 07/20/2024 10:40:18 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Gasshog

My pleasure.


60 posted on 07/20/2024 11:03:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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