Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who was accused by a United Airlines passenger of bumping her from a first-class seat, said in a Twitter screed on Tuesday that she believes the incident is all about race.
“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,” the Texas Democrat wrote in a post. “This saddens me, especially at this time of year given all of the things we have to work on to help people.”
“But in the spirit of this season and out of the sincerity of my heart, if it is perceived that I had anything to do with this, I am kind enough to simply say sorry,” Jackson Lee continued. “But as an African American, I know there are too many examples like this all over the nation.”
Jean-Marie Simon, 63, said she was tossed out of her first-class seat on a Houston-to-Washington, DC, flight Dec. 18 to make way for Jackson Lee.
Don't tip, rude and loud, bump whites and other races from flight
Bentley Ortiz
Nothing makes them happy. You could hand every black passenger a complimentary watermelon and bucket of chicken for the flight and they'd still cry racism.
Aiden Cook
Enough
Xavier Ward
i'd blame race too if i looked even worse than a fucking monkey, she looks like le -15% face
Bentley Cook
Sheila Jackson Lee is a talking monkey
Julian Roberts
goddamn. Look at that fucking monkey. Unironically subhuman. How the fuck did we let the Jews take us this far?
Jordan Harris
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Carson Stewart
Jews love Black cock
Zachary Cruz
>thinks its because of race >immediately accepted as fact >left follows in suit
Leo Carter
i see two niggers
Aiden Richardson
She should feel lucky that she's not in a fucking zoo like she should be.
Holy shit has no one ever flown before? If your flight is delayed, you get priority over standby passengers. It is not about race, class, gender, political power, whatever. This is just a number in a computer given a certain rank based upon the algorithm that placed her higher based on factors that were pre-programmed.
Jose Hill
>Megabus I expect this kind of trash from Grey Hound's somehow lesser cousin
Josiah Young
I’ve been waiting for her to play the race card in response to this situation. White woman gets bumped completely off her flight, not just moved to the back of the bus, and she’s the one labeled racist for being upset.
Chase Brown
They all look like the Lesdogg.
Jeremiah Ramirez
I don’t see where it says she was on standby. The article says she had her first class ticket in hand.
Brandon Watson
>Force somebody out of their seat they paid for. >Open seat NEXT TO HER! >Nope, cant have it, its reserved. >Other politician says she does it all the time.
