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Jackson Lee: 'Racism is a national security threat'
The Hill ^ | 08/13/19 | John Bowden

Posted on 08/13/2019 8:08:36 PM PDT by 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."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: elpaso; jacksonlee; nationalsecurity; ourflagonmars; racism; sheilajacksonlee; texas
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To: yesthatjallen

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


21 posted on 08/13/2019 8:47:21 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Bless her little heart.


22 posted on 08/13/2019 8:50:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: yesthatjallen

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


23 posted on 08/13/2019 8:57:30 PM PDT by atc23
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To: yesthatjallen
"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?

24 posted on 08/13/2019 9:03:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (While the Medical Examiner was on lunch break, Epstein cremated himself. Freeper reddawg)
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To: yesthatjallen

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”?


25 posted on 08/13/2019 9:10:22 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: yesthatjallen
"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.

26 posted on 08/13/2019 9:14:28 PM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: yesthatjallen; All

Posts BUMP!


27 posted on 08/13/2019 9:17:19 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: yesthatjallen
"I believe that racism ... should be declared a national security threat," Jackson Lee said.

I believe people like Sheila Jackson Lee are security threats.

28 posted on 08/13/2019 9:19:19 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: yesthatjallen

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


29 posted on 08/13/2019 9:43:34 PM PDT by Rembrandt (-)
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To: yesthatjallen

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...


30 posted on 08/13/2019 9:52:34 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: yesthatjallen

Eff that commie wench, son


31 posted on 08/13/2019 9:57:34 PM PDT by Rebel Egg
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To: yesthatjallen

CWII is 10-15 years overdue.


32 posted on 08/13/2019 10:30:45 PM PDT by matthew fuller ( Trump's new immigration policy- Manifest Destiny!)
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To: yesthatjallen
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? ✅

33 posted on 08/13/2019 11:00:36 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: chris37

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.


34 posted on 08/13/2019 11:06:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

Says the race-mongering poverty pimp.


35 posted on 08/13/2019 11:18:41 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: yesthatjallen

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.


36 posted on 08/13/2019 11:34:04 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: yesthatjallen

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

Liar...


37 posted on 08/13/2019 11:43:12 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: yesthatjallen

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


38 posted on 08/14/2019 12:10:11 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: yesthatjallen
"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.

39 posted on 08/14/2019 12:32:00 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: Rodm
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.

40 posted on 08/14/2019 12:34:44 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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