U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies

Texas Tribune via MSN ^ | 20 July 2024 | Matthew Choi and Sejal Govindarao

[Erik Latranyi]

WASHINGTON — Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texas’ 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.

[USS Alaska]

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.

[kiryandil]

[3RIVRS]

Same thing happened to Harry Reid.

[rktman]

You will be when she gets re-selected.

[kiryandil]

[rktman]

😂😂😂😂👍

[SunkenCiv]

Here's a kinda big selection of her racist, foul mouthed, entitled, and moronic behavior over the years, out of two keywords.

• BREAKING 🚨🚨 Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has died [07/19/2024]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74 [07/19/2024]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer [07/20/2024]
  • BREAKING: Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Has Died at Age 74 [07/20/2024]
• 'That was not what the vice president said': Sheila Jackson Lee denies Biden meant 'you ain't black' comment [05/22/2020]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a House Bill to criminalize "conspiracy to commit white supremacy,"... ... [01/16/2023]
  • Jackson Lee: VA Was 'About Parental Issues' and 'Racism Raised Its Ugly Head' -- 'Not Going to Tie' Result 'to Democrats' [11/03/2021]
  • Watch: Sheila Jackson Lee Rails Against Trump Budget as Racist, Claims It Invokes Slavery [02/13/2020]
  • Jackson Lee: 'Racism is a national security threat' [08/13/2019]
  • Kamala Harris gets clobbered for prosecutorial past as Democrats appear to see racism everywhere [08/12/2019]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Declares Rodney King a 'Great Philosopher' [06/10/2012]
  • Crazy Sheila Jackson Lee says Zimmerman broke his own nose [03/29/2012]
  • House Dems host Trayvon Martin's parents on Hill, claim racial profiling led to shooting [03/27/2012]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Gingrich Is Using Racial 'Code Words' [01/21/2012]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Gingrich Is Using Racial 'Code Words' [01/22/2012]
  • Jackson Lee: Congress complicating debt ceiling because Obama is black [07/15/2011]
  • Who Paid for Sheila Jackson Lee's Visit to Michael Jackson''s Funeral? [07/26/2009]
  • Pelosi blocks Houston lawmaker's Michael Jackson resolution [07/11/2009]
  • Full text of Michael Jackson resolution - Queen Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) issues decree [07/07/2009]
  • "Bill Bennettt's comments set back civil rights 50 years", says Sheila Jackson Lee [10/06/2005]
  • A Whole Lot of Hot Air(Was Hurricane Isabel too lily white for Representative Sheila Jackson Lee?) [09/30/2003]
  • Affirmative action for hurricanes: Joseph Farah rejects racist obsession of black congresswoman [08/05/2003]
  • Sheila Vs. "Racist" Hurricanes [08/02/2003]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee accuses GOP of "racism" for using her photo in an email message [06/26/2003]
• Sheila Jackson Lee says she was accused in airline incident b/c she's 'an African American woman' [12/26/2017]
  • Does Sheila Jackson Lee Know The Person She's Accused Of Racism For Airline Fiasco [12/29/2017]
  • Bumped United Passenger Fires Back At Sheila Jackson Lee's Racism Charge, Airline [12/28/2017]
  • United passenger accused of racism by Jackson Lee is a human rights activist [12/28/2017]
  • Woman accused of racism by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is human-rights activist [12/27/2017]
  • Congresswoman who 'bumped' passenger from flight plays the race card [12/26/2017]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Terror of the skies since 1995 [12/26/2017]
  • United Airlines Accused of Evicting Woman from First Class Seat to Make Room for Democrat [12/26/2017]
  • Greenfield: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Calls Woman Whose Airline Seat She Stole, Racist [12/25/2017]
  • Shelia Jackson Lee's Story of Being #1 On First Class Upgrade Waitlist Is Total BS! [12/24/2017]
  • Woman accuses United of giving her seat to Houston's Sheila Jackson Lee [12/24/2017]
  • Teacher evicted from United seat for US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee [12/24/2017]
  • Woman accuses United of giving her seat to Houston's Sheila Jackson Lee [12/23/2017]
  • Airline makes room for Lee [09/03/2003]
  • IT'S A DEMOCRACY, STUPID, NOT A MONARCHY: Airline makes room for Sheila Jackson Lee [09/03/2003]
• Sheila Jackson Lee Named Head Of Harvard Astronomy Department [04/11/2024]
  • Rep. Jackson Lee ripped after defending her moon gaffe and blaming it on GOP: 'Vote better people' [04/10/2024]
  • The Moon 'Is Made Up Mostly of Gases,' Sheila Jackson Lee Tells Students [04/10/2024]
  • Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is Confused by Astronomy: "The Moon is Made Up Mostly of Gases" [04/09/2024]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Claims the Moon Is 'Made Up Mostly of Gasses' (It's Not) [04/09/2024]
  • Film Critics Barred From Mars [06/23/2005]
• Sheila Jackson Lee: "Today we have two Vietnams, side by side" [07/16/2010]
  • Video: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Insists There is Still a South and North Vietnam [07/16/2010]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee: "Two Vietnams... " [07/16/2010]
  • They all look alike to Sheila Jackson-Lee (We won in Vietnam,harmony now) [07/15/2010]
• Rep. Jackson Lee: 'Don't Condemn the Gangbangers' - We Need Gun Legislation [04/15/2013]
  • Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee: ATF Has Been Keeping Us Safe Since 1886 [03/23/2023]
  • Jackson Lee: There Was 'Seismic Increase of Carnage Across America Using Automatic Weapons' after Assault Weapons Ban Expired [06/01/2022]
  • The Most Important Bill To Stop! HR 127 is one of the most sweeping attacks on your Second Amendment rights ever proposed [02/04/2021]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Claims An AR-15 Fires a .50-Caliber Round, Weighs As Much As '10 Boxes' [09/23/2019]
  • VIDEO: Rep. Jackson Lee Describes Her Terrifying Experience Holding An AR-15 [09/23/2019]
  • How Democrats plan to use gun control to beat Trump [08/12/2019]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Going to ban "5.50" Caliber ammunition [08/04/2019]
  • Rep. Jackson Lee will seek meeting with NRA about response to Colo. shootings [07/24/2012]
  • Lawmakers target gun laws, neighborhood watch in wake of Florida teen shooting [04/02/2012]
• Sheila Jackson Lee in Favor of Federal Government Stripping Texas of State Sovereignty [07/07/2010]
  • Jackson Lee: Obama Already Fixed The Border [01/24/2016]
  • Jackson Lee: 'Most of' Border 'Well-Protected' and Runs Fine, Inability to Handle Surge Is Fault of Title 42 and Abbott [09/23/2021]
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee Quietly Introduces Bill To BLOCK Taxpayer Money From Building The Wall [12/28/2018]
• Rep. Jackson Lee: Christmas 'Is a Holy Time' When 'We Must Ensure Our Government Is Provided For' [12/27/2018]
  • Jackson Lee Tweets Praise That Staffers Free From Health Care Exchange Requirement [08/08/2013]
  • Rep. Omar Co-Leads Comprehensive "THRIVE Agenda" to Address COVID-19, Climate Change, Racial Injustice, and Economic Crises [09/11/2020]
  • Congressional COVID Task Force Leader Can't Quite Figure Out How to Wear a Face Mask [04/06/2020]
  • Congressional COVID Task Force Leader Doesn't Know How to Wear Mask [04/06/2020]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: 'We Lost a Million People on Not Having that Vaccination' [01/31/2023]
  • Fully Vaccinated, Boosted Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Tests Postive For COVID-19 [05/17/2022]
  • Jackson Lee: Women to be dragged out 'into the streets,' return to 'coat hangers' on abortion act [05/31/2012]
• Jackson Lee: BBB Might Have Increased Inflation, But It Invested 'in People, Particularly with Climate Change' [05/04/2022]
  • EPA head Jackson to resign post [12/27/2012]
• Sheila Jackson Lee Suggests Martial Law to End Government Shutdown [10/13/2013]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Suggests Martial Law to End Government Shutdown [10/13/2013]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee on continuing resolution: 'We have martial law' (Video) [10/12/2013]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee 'martial law' comments not reported by MSM? [10/13/2013]
  • Rep. Jackson Lee: Obama should use executive power to extend payroll tax cut [12/20/2011]
• Dem Rep. Jackson Lee: Trump 'Has Death and Blood at His Feet' [01/16/2021]
  • 41 House Democrats File Bill to Bar Donald Trump from 2024 Eligibility [12/16/2022]
  • 12 Minutes of Democrats Denying Election Results [11/04/2022]
  • Deranged Democrat Demands Prosecution of 40,000 Trump Supporters Who Were OUTSIDE Capitol ... Guilt by association. [03/03/2021]
  • Former Sheila Jackson-Lee Staffer Is Sentenced To 4-Years In Prison For Doxing Republicans [06/23/2020]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Urged Feds to Investigate True the Vote in 2010(See reason in comments below) [05/21/2013]
  • Possible Voter Fraud Lights Up Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's District [03/12/2012]
  • Reports: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Broke Laws at Polling Place, Harassed Poll Watchers [10/22/2010]
  • Jackson's Doc Office Raid by DEA,HPD [07/22/2009]
• Sheila Jackson Lee Says Repealing ObamaCare Violates Constitution [01/18/2011]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee on Obamacare [03/20/2011]
  • Obamacare's Penalty for Not Buying Insurance Isn't Penalty 'Because...(Comic relief) [02/17/2011]
  • Rep. Jackson-Lee: No 'Penalty' in ObamaCare, Only an 'Incentive' to Buy Health Insurance [02/17/2011]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee: Health Care Law Repeal Unconstitutional Based on 5th and 14th Amendments [01/19/2011]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee: Obamacare is a Consitutional Right [01/19/2011]
• Democrats caught planting fake doctor at town hall meeting (media knew but kept quiet) [08/13/2009]
  • Sheila Leavitt: Another wacky 'doctor' for Obamacare; Updated [08/19/2009]
  • Obama camp plant fake doc, Che fan at Jackson Lee forum [08/17/2009]
  • Fake Doctor Gets Front Row Seat at Dem Town Hall Meeting [08/15/2009]
  • Health care event attendee lied about being doctor (Fake Doctor that supports ObamaCare) [08/14/2009]
  • Health care event attendee lied about being doctor [08/13/2009]
  • Townhall Downfall: Astroturf Doctors? (Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee townhall MD is a fraud) [08/13/2009]
  • Jackson Lee says she doesn't know town hall 'doc' [08/13/2009]
  • Video: ObamaCare fans take Astroturfing to a new level; Mayer an OFA organizer [08/13/2009]
  • Obama camp plants fake doc, Che fan at Jackson Lee forum [08/13/2009]
  • Playing a Doctor at a Townhall [08/13/2009]
  • Roxana Mayer: I'm Not a Doctor But I Play One at Town Hall Meetings [08/12/2009]
• MUST SEE VID: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee Answers Cell Phone During Town Hall [08/12/2009]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Tells CNN that Video of Her Using Cell Phone "May Have Been Doctored" - Video [08/13/2009]
  • CNN's Sanchez Presses Jackson-Lee Over Weird Claim Phone Video Was 'Doctored' [08/13/2009]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Talks on Cell Phone While Cancer Survivor Asks a Question at Town Hall - Video [08/12/2009]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee talks on the phone as a woman asks a question at a town hall event [08/12/2009]
  • Greta Talks to Woman Ignored by Cell-Phone Using Sheila Jackson Lee at Town Hall - Video 8/12/09 [08/13/2009]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Ignores Greta Van Susteren; Says She Does Not Ignore People - Video 8/13/09 [08/13/2009]
  • VIDEO: Greta To Sheila Jackson-Lee: "You're Not Listening Again" [08/13/2009]
• Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressional boss from Hell [03/03/2011]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Calls Staffer 'You Stupid Mother-f*****' [03/02/2011]
  • Report: Sheila Jackson Lee is 'worst boss' on Capitol Hill [01/25/2013]
  • Congresswoman and disabled rights advocate sued for 'humiliating' visually impaired aide [07/12/2011]
  • District 18 may pay price for Lee's pace (Sheila Jackson Lee throws cell phone at staffer & more) [08/31/2002]
• Contact info for Sheila Jackson Lee and Jan Schakowsky regarding refusal to condemn Bill Maher [03/09/2012]
  • SHEILA JACKSON LEE WEBSITE (I called and asked about c word and t word) [03/12/2012]
  • Shelia Jackson Lee to conservative bloggers: 'Shut up!' [09/27/2011]
• Jackson Lee at Radical Islam Hearing: Let's 'Have a Hearing on Right-Wing Extremists, Ideologues' [07/27/2011]
  • Democrat: We Need 'Analysis of How Christian Militants ... Might Bring Down Country' [06/16/2011]
  • Democrat: We Need 'Analysis of How Christian Militants ... Might Bring Down The Country' [06/17/2011]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Likens Islamic Radicals to 'Christian Militants' in U.S. [06/16/2011]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Endorses Hillary [01/12/2008]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee Pushes for the Repeal of Authorization of Force Against Iraq (ALERT) [01/23/2003]
  • Sheila Jackson Lee wants terrorist to visit U.S. [12/18/2003]
  • Jackson Lee invites terrorist dictator to Texas (my title) [12/16/2003]
  • Congresswoman Invites a Terrorist [12/16/2003]
  • Saddam capture doesn't change Jackson Lee's mind [SJL invites Syrian Pres. to speak in TX] [12/15/2003]
  • What Happened to the Sheila Jackson Lee Interview? [05/15/2003]
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee places blame on Federal Gov't [10/01/2005]
• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Outer Space) demands C-span STOP playing classical music during votes. [09/20/2013]

[Gena Bukin]

Dying of cancer, she spent her final breaths churning out Trump derangement tweets.

It's kinda sad when you think about it.

[NorthMountain]

She was an enemy of The Republic ...

[Gena Bukin]

Wasn’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.

[Samurai_Jack]

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

rip

[Gasshog]

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

[Halls]

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

[Halls]

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

[Leep]

Did she die,again?

[Gasshog]

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

[Gasshog]

One more comment.

Winning.

[ArcadeQuarters]

She’s died several times.

[Zhang Fei]

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

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

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.