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Sheila Jackson Lee: Terror Attacks Aren’t an Excuse for Torture
breitbart ^ | Jan. 8, 2015 | Pam Key

Posted on 01/08/2015 11:14:34 AM PST by PROCON

Thursday on MSNBC, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was asked about “the necessity of the NSA and some of the surveillance” and she said the Paris terror attacks should not be an excuse for “torture that we oppose.”

Host Tamron Hall asked if the attacks were “proof of the necessity of the NSA and some of the surveillance that many might disagree with?”

Jackson Lee replied, “I am well aware that we are in a new time, and we cannot fight wars as we did in the Revolutionary War.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 114th; moron; sheliajacksonlee; torture
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Shelia Jackson Lee, the gift that keeps on giving.

Has anyone had the heart to tell her that American astronauts didn't land on Mars?

1 posted on 01/08/2015 11:14:34 AM PST by PROCON
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she said the Paris terror attacks should not be an excuse for “torture that we oppose."

I agree. Terror attacks should not be an excuse for torture that we oppose. We can just stick with the torture that we don't oppose.

2 posted on 01/08/2015 11:15:48 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Lee wants to torture honest patriotic Americans for NO reason


3 posted on 01/08/2015 11:17:09 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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Texas should declare a holiday to be celebrated annually marking the day that this embarrassment departs her seat.


4 posted on 01/08/2015 11:17:53 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

If torture could have prevented what happened in Paris.......YES, torture is justified. Water boarding does not kill, AK-47s do.


5 posted on 01/08/2015 11:18:42 AM PST by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: PROCON

She is, quite simply, an ignorant (fill in the blank).


6 posted on 01/08/2015 11:20:49 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: PROCON
"If hooking up one rag head terrorist prisoner's testicles to a car battery to get the truth out of the lying little camel shagger will save just one Canadian or American life, then I have only three things to say: 'Red is positive, black is negative & make sure his nuts are wet."

Don Cherry

7 posted on 01/08/2015 11:22:02 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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8 posted on 01/08/2015 11:22:02 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard; PROCON

When the “Fall of America” is written, 50 of her quotes should be listed.

Around 12 years ago....

” Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 4th amendment to the Constitution”

The entire congressional assembly was rolling on the floor : )


9 posted on 01/08/2015 11:22:29 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: PROCON

Jackson Lee. One of America’s greatest military minds under the Kenyan regime. Heap BIG warrior!


10 posted on 01/08/2015 11:22:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Obama! You didn't build this economy! Somebody else built it!)
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To: PROCON

Every time this carney clown opens her pie hole is torture.


11 posted on 01/08/2015 11:23:10 AM PST by dforest
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12 posted on 01/08/2015 11:23:15 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

You never fail to crack me up...lol


13 posted on 01/08/2015 11:24:12 AM PST by Kackikat
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To: PROCON

Idiot


14 posted on 01/08/2015 11:25:48 AM PST by therightliveswithus
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To: PROCON

But supporting the chief torturer of Cuba is fine?


15 posted on 01/08/2015 11:27:44 AM PST by Paladin2
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So what do we do, how down while they have their free run?

Support gay marriage Ms.Lee? Don’t think they’ll like you very much..


16 posted on 01/08/2015 11:28:24 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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Who B dat?

She doesn't look too crazy....

17 posted on 01/08/2015 11:28:54 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Sometimes U just have to go with the torture that you have.....


18 posted on 01/08/2015 11:29:47 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: PROCON

Having SJL in congress and hearing her moon bat squeals is torture enough.


19 posted on 01/08/2015 11:30:32 AM PST by FreedomGuru (Torture=:Living in a Obamanation.)
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To: PROCON

Doubling down on stupid.


20 posted on 01/08/2015 11:31:48 AM PST by dfwgator
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