Jackson Lee: 'Racism is a national security threat'

The Hill ^ | 08/13/19 | John Bowden

[yesthatjallen]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Tuesday said the Trump administration should declare racist beliefs a threat to U.S. national security.

During a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee, Jackson Lee said that the attack in her home state of Texas last week displayed the danger of ignoring U.S. residents who foster white supremacist views.

"I believe that racism ... should be declared a national security threat," Jackson Lee said.

"Racism is a national security threat. Before, we would say, 'you have a right to your racist views. You have a right to believe that slavery was right. That segregation was right.' We live in an era where that can no longer be allowed," she continued.

Her remarks came after 22 people were killed in an El Paso Walmart last week by a shooter who police say espoused racist and white supremacist views after his capture.

Multiple Democrats have condemned the Trump administration and President Trump himself following the attack and another the week before in Gilroy, Calif., arguing that the president's rhetoric about immigrants and communities of color contributed to the shooters' motives.

Trump has called for the House and Senate to pass bills supporting "intelligent background checks" after the shootings, while adding that he is hopeful for "meaningful" action on gun violence in Congress. "I think with a lot of success that we have, I think I have a greater influence now over the Senate and over the House," he said last week. "I think we can get something really good done. I think we can have some meaningful background checks."

[ThunderSleeps]

Wait, I thought global warming was a national security issue??? And that somehow thousands of unvetted, people illegally crossing our border is not... :-/

[Rebelbase]

Bless her little heart.

[atc23]

Why is Jackson Lee worried about any threats to the USA? She hates it here.

[GOPJ]

"Racism is a national security threat. Before, we would say, 'you have a right to your racist views. You have a right to believe that slavery was right. That segregation was right.' We live in an era where that can no longer be allowed," she continued.

I have NEVER met a person who thought slavery was right. Never. Not once. What the hell is this woman talking about?

[EinNYC]

This woman is a certified moron. I’m surprised she can string 3 words together in a sentence. She is also an ignorant funnel of hatred trying to infect others. Can anyone here name one single piece of legislation this idiot has written? Except perhaps “1001 Ways to Hate White People for Being Smart”?

[Boomer]

"Racism is a national security threat."

Preaching to the choir. Trump supporters are being vilified in the press, by the dem pols, and by Hollyweird. They are the true security threat.

[PGalt]

Posts BUMP!

[Jess Kitting]

"I believe that racism ... should be declared a national security threat," Jackson Lee said.

I believe people like Sheila Jackson Lee are security threats.

[Rembrandt]

The true definition of a national security threat is “Democrat Stupidity.”

[SuperLuminal]

Good! She finally admitted it... Now, when are they (the blacks with her racist attitude, ideology, and agenda) going to change and eliminate their straight out racism towards whites and asians...

This dog-wagging-the-tail crap has gone on for far too many years... 15% of the Nation’s population is probably consuming 75% of it’s resources, prison space, and TV time...

I feel that I should get reparations for all the tax money paid to support a segment of the population that doesn’t want to work...

[Rebel Egg]

Eff that commie wench, son

[matthew fuller]

CWII is 10-15 years overdue.

[TADSLOS]

So...let’s count the ways that I’m racist now...

I’m white ✅

I’m well over 30 ✅

I’m retired ✅

I own firearms ✅

I own a home and two cars ✅

I’m conservative ✅

I’m a Christian ✅

I pay taxes ✅

I support Trump ✅

I consume carbon based fuels ✅

I eat meat ✅

I have a lawn ✅

I obey the law ✅

I’m a veteran ✅

I own and wear white clothing ✅

I practice whitelisting on my mobile phone ✅

I am partial to vanilla ice cream and white cake icing ✅

I prefer white teeth ✅

I sleep exclusively with white sheets ✅

I am married to a white woman ✅

I am heterosexual ✅

I have white (adult) kids ✅

I write on white paper ✅

I like white clouds ✅

I prefer white kittens ✅

Oh, did I mention that I’m white? ✅

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Sheila has to get rid of her tight cowgirl hats and change her name to “Sheila Smith”. Having “Jackson” and “Lee” as her married?/birth or hatched names is actually supporting “southern pride and racism”. /sarc

Texas is really the “wide open spaces” and Jackson-Lee is proof that those “wide open spaces” do exist in her head.

[Paal Gulli]

Says the race-mongering poverty pimp.

[oldenuff35]

does that include BLM?

Got news for the racist lady. Nothing in our constitution or laws protect you from being offended.

The biggest racists I have ever seen are those on the left who have elected themselves to represent black people.

[Vendome]

Great. Why don’t you bomb Fort Sumter and let’s get it on....

Liar...

[MuttTheHoople]

The bible burning gungrabbing babykillers are gonna ride that Racist schtick into the ground.

[gogeo]

"I believe that racism ... should be declared a national security threat," Jackson Lee said.

All right...first, we'll have to come up with a definition of racism...any honest definition would include Miss SJL.

[gogeo]

I think she saw astronauts plant the confederate flag on Mars.

It was painted on the roof of the rover. That's where the Dukes got the idea.