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Sheila Jackson Lee Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“When he campaigned for this office, the president pledged to put ‘America First.’ The sign outside the White House is not ‘America First,’ but rather ‘For Sale.’ As time passes on, the facts increasingly suggest that the president was and is using the levers of power to enrich himself and his family. For example, one need not be a constitutional lawyer to see the apparent self-dealing and conflicts of interest inherent in Trump’s lease of his hotel steps from the White House. In hindsight, this appears to be relatively benign.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Demands that Trump Cease his Relentless and Baseless Attacks on the Rule of Law and Comply with the Special Counsel’s Investigation
Tagged: Donald Trump, America First, For Sale, Self-Interest
“Every day that goes by is another where we learn more about troubling connections among Trump, his campaign associates, and members of his family, together with the Russian government. What began as a most-concerning network of connections has now evolved into a genuine counterintelligence investigation subsuming some of the world’s richest and most powerful countries and individuals. The most recent slate of news reports suggests that this president has no qualms about bending the rule of law to serve his interests.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Demands that Trump Cease his Relentless and Baseless Attacks on the Rule of Law and Comply with the Special Counsel’s Investigation
Tagged: Trump, Donald Trump, Russia, Counterintelligence
“You know that I'm going to first of all denounce the utilization of this intrusion by Wikipedia through the Russian intrusion. This is what it's about. Espionage just like what was said over these last couple of days. We need to be concerned about the intrusion of Russia and Putin in these elections.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, WATCH: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee confuses Wikipedia with WikiLeaks
Tagged: Wikileaks, Wikipedia, Russian Collusion, Vladimir Putin, Misstatements
“We thank Governor Crispy.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, No Matter How Many Times Corrected, Jackson Lee Confuses Superstorm Sandy with Sandy Hook on Live TV
Tagged: Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy
“I simply refuse to accept that as a standard of leadership for the highest office in the world. Even if you never understand it, sir, if you never understand it, if you think you're playing to your base, if you're not a unifier, we will continue to stand in the gap, and racism is going to be under our foot. And you know what else it's going to be? It's going to be under our knee.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee kneels on House floor in solidarity with NFL players, mothers
Tagged: Donald Trump, Take a Knee, Police Brutality, Colin Kaepernick
“You tell me which of these children's mothers are a 'son of a b.' That is racism. You cannot deny it, you cannot run from it. I kneel in honor of them....I kneel in front of the flag on the House floor. I kneel in honor of the First Amendment. I kneel because the flag is a symbol for freedom. I kneel because I stand against racism. I kneel because I will stand with these young men, and I will stand with our soldiers and I'll stand with America, because I kneel.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee kneels on House floor in solidarity with NFL players, mothers
Tagged: Donald Trump, Take a Knee, First Amendment, racism
“I noted that this individual came toward me and took a picture. I heard later that she might have said ‘I know who she is.’ Since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to be, upon reflection, because I was an African American woman, seemingly an easy target along with the African American flight attendant who was very, very nice. This saddens me, especially at this time of year given all of the things we have to work on to help people. But as an African American, I know there are too many examples like this all over the nation. I hope one day, we will accept our collective diversity.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee stands by allegations of racism in United Airlines seat incident - NY Daily News
Tagged: racism, african american, Diversity
“Don’t you know who I am? I’m Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Where is my seafood meal? I know it was ordered!”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, The Insider
Tagged: Don't You Know Who I Am?, Entitled, Arrogance
“You stupid motherfucker!”
— Sheila Jackson Lee
Tagged: Stupid, Motherfucker
“What am I, a prostitute? Am I your prostitute? You can’t prostitute me.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee
Tagged: Prostitute, Defensiveness
“All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the Tea Party.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee on the Tea Party and the Klan
Tagged: KKK, Tea Party, NAACP, Overstatement
“Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee says there are two Vietnams: North and South
Tagged: Vietnam, North Vietnam, false, south Vietnam
“Maybe I should offer a good thanks to the distinguished members of the majority, the Republicans, my chairman and others, for giving us an opportunity to have a deliberative constitutional discussion that reinforces the sanctity of this nation and how well it is that we have lasted some 400 years, operating under a constitution that clearly defines what is constitutional and what is not.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrat Thinks the Constitution is 400 Years Old
Tagged: Constitution, 400 Years, Slavery, Republicans
“The minority must have involvement in society. You can have different cultural practices that you accept. But if you are going to adopt democracy in government, then the government itself must allow the minority to be heard.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee
Tagged: minority, Society, Democracy, Minoritarianism
“We view the path of the present administration as corroding the international standards the United States had as a negotiator, a mediator and a compromiser for good. Frankly, we lost our way. We did not allow the UN inspectors to proceed in completing their work and did not allow a vigorous international debate before the decision was made to go into Iraq. There were those of us who voted ‘No’ even based upon the overwhelming evidence that this administration tried to present. We have come to the understanding that much of what the members of Congress heard was misrepresenting and misleading. So, that counters what we have been known for in the United States and that is our diplomacy, our willingness to listen, our ability to negotiate.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee
Tagged: USA, UN inspectors, Iraq, Iraq War, Congress, WMDs
“We can’t wait that long. It is time for you to resign. Enough is enough. I love America. I love these people. And we need a Commander-in-Chief.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, Neil Cavuto Faces Off With Democratic Rep. Calling on Trump to Resign
Tagged: Trump, The Resistance, resignation, Impeachment, Trump Derangement Syndrome
“I will not back down. The President has lost the trust of the American people and needs to resign.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee, T
Tagged: Trump, resignation, The Resistance, Trump Derangement Syndrome
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