The woman Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee accused of racism is a celebrated photojournalist who helped document human-rights abuses in war-torn Guatemala during the 1980s.
Jean-Marie Simon, whose first-class seat on a United Airlines flight was given to Ms. Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, lived and worked in Guatemala during the turbulent decade that saw the military seize control of the government in a coup. Hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans were killed or “disappeared” during the conflict.
Now a teacher, Ms. Simon, 63, is the author of “Guatemala: Eternal Spring Eternal Tyranny.” A 2012 blog post on Amnesty International said Ms. Simon donated 1,000 copies of her book to schools and universities in Guatemala “to keep the truth of what happened alive.”
In a tweet Tuesday, Ms. Jackson Lee suggested Ms. Simon was upset about her seat being given away because it was given to an “African-American woman.”
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,
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017
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,
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017
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 in the spirit of this season and out of the sincerity of my heart,
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017
if it is perceived that I had anything to do with this, I am kind enough to simply say sorry. I understand the airline is working to address the passenger’s concerns. I am glad of that. But as an African American, I know there are too many examples like this all over the nation
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017
I hope one day, we will accept our collective diversity. Happy Holidays.”
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) December 26, 2017
In a Facebook post last week, Ms. Simon said her first-class ticket on a United Airlines flight from Houston to Washington, D.C., was given to Ms. Jackson Lee. She was on a return trip from Guatemala.
After bartering with Ms. Simon over the amount of the voucher she would receive as compensation, United eventually placed the disgruntled passenger in Economy Plus. The airline has yet to apologize for the incident.
“I was the last passenger on the plane,” Ms. Simon wrote on Facebook. “A Texas congressman, a nice guy, sat down next to me. He said was glad I had made it on the flight. I showed him my boarding pass with my seat, 1A, printed on it. He said, ‘You know what happened, right? Do you know who’s in your seat?’ I said no. He told me that it was Jackson Lee, a fellow U.S. congresswoman who regularly does this, that this was the third time he personally had watched her bump a passenger.”
Ms. Simon said during a delay before takeoff she went to the front of the plane and took a picture of Ms. Jackson Lee.
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) in seat 1A the one I paid for dearly, and the one United gave to her without my consent or knowledge! Fellow congressman on same flight said she does it repeatedly. @united pic.twitter.com/Q2c6u6B0Yp
— Jean-Marie Simon (@JeanMarieSimon1) December 23, 2017
Ms. Jackson Lee said she did nothing wrong, but “in the spirit of the 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.”
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“The airline has yet to apologize for the incident.”
The Congresswoman has yet to apologize for this.
Ms. Jackson Lee said she did nothing wrong, but “in the spirit of the 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.”
That sir, is NOT a real apology. Her words circled around an apology several times, but there’s nothing there. It’s all liberal double-speak like Al Franken’s non-pology for groping women.
“I did nothing wrong but…”
Nothing that follows these words can be considered a genuine apology. It’s just a bunch of words to shut up the person they were rude to. It’s virtue signalling dressed up in a shut up and go away, with a side of Can’t you see I’m important?
But then isn’t this the actual liberal lifestyle being played out?
1. Someone else earned the seat.
2. Fat ugly liberal swoops in and takes what she didn’t earn.
3. Gets annoyed at the one who earned it (symbolic of Red State Americans).
4. Zero apology. I’m an entitled liberal elite. I DESERVE nice things.
5. Toss in the race card for good measure.
6. Wow what a great person I am.
Like I said before, it must be nice to have the airlines just auto-update you to first class seating for no reason at all.
Talk about Black Privilege. They don’t do that to white guys like me.
Congresswoman, are you ashamed to be born black? Are you ashamed of your unearned Black Privilege? Are you ashamed that being part of the Matriarchy gets you free stuff all the time?
There’s only been ONE TIME in my entire history of flying, i’ve ever been upgraded to first class. An airline bumped me and 30 others (cause some feds had to travel with 12 or so prisoners, and thus took over a chunk of the plane), and so all of us who got bumped got first class upgrades on our ticket, the next flight afterwards.. Had to wait 4 hrs for it.
You absolutely NAILED IT, DrGadget!
Dr G.. Shela’s a rabid libtard, she will NEVER apologize..
Typical Afro-American thinks her BLACK PRIVILEGE CARD allows her to do anything she wants and if anyone complains about her abusive, racist attitude she will just start screaming ‘racist’
It must be great to be in congress and also hold a black privilege card. Buy the cheapest seat available when traveling by plane and tell the airline staff who u are and get a free upgrade even if the airline has to steal someone elses paid for seat to do it. After all, how can the airline turn down a request from a BLACK congressperson
IMO they can do so easily. JUST SAY “Sorry manm, but you bought coach, so THERE’s your seat!”..
If they DID turn her down, bobby, you can bet your life that she’d throw the race card at the AIRLINE, too!
The only racist is Sheila Jackson Lee and her Anti-American, Anti-White Attitude that she has displayed throughout the DECADES! UnderEducated, IQ Challenged, LoudMouthed, DISGRACE to TEXAS!!!
If the districts in Houston were fair She Would Never have been Elected……still trying to figure out who is Dumb enough to keep voting her in!!
She works against her own People, (since she Only Represents Blacks)…..
If the Black Community Actually Paid Attention to what She Really Does they would Kick Her OUT!!
This is what happens when people vote without Actually Knowing Who they are Voting for!
I still maintain that if you’re a ward of the State you shouldn’t vote. If your life would crumble apart if not for the next Welfare check, then you’re a helpless ward of the State. You’re effectively a child and should not get a vote.
Children don’t vote. Adult children shouldn’t either.
In any system designed to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on Paul’s support. So why give Paul a vote at all?
People who don’t produce don’t deserve a vote. Those who work for a living, contribute to society, and pay their taxes should be the only ones voting. The only exception would be retirees. They already earned that retirement check. They didn’t just retire from freeloading (except maybe Congress).
People on Welfare, food stamps, and other government handouts simply shouldn’t vote at all. You didn’t put anything in the pot. You should have NO say whatsoever on how the money is spent. None.
Hucksters like SJL would be out of a job fast. And if she applies for Welfare, she forfeits her vote. Not like she could make a proper decision anyway.
[I still maintain that if you’re a ward of the State you shouldn’t vote. If your life would crumble apart if not for the next Welfare check, then you’re a helpless ward of the State. You’re effectively a child and should not get a vote.]
I fully agree. Just like i feel those who are prisoners, even if they are out on probation, shouldn’t get the vote… PERIOD.
She is simply stupid. She has asked NASA to see if the Mars Rover can find the flag the Astronauts planted on their first trip to Mars. And that person represents so many other sisters and brothers that are her majority in her district. She is disgusting and pushes her racism everywhere at any time it suits her…
That is certainly how it OUGHT to be, Dr. Gadget. That would put a STOP to Commucrat vote-buying with “free stuff” like “Obama phones” for the non-producing TAKERS.
disqus, it’s just like when 90% of black voters voted for Obama–NOT because they had any idea whether he was qualified for the job–which he certainly WAS NOT–nor did they CARE! They voted for him PURELY because of the color of his skin. That is the ONLY reason this loud-mouthed, OBNOXIOUS, abysmally STUPID woman, Sheila Jackson-Lee got elected in the FIRST place, and why she keeps getting RE-ELECTED, purely because she is BLACK. That is apparently the ONLY qualification that matters to a lot of black voters.
Mad Maxine Waters, Frederica Wilson and the ENTIRE corrupt “congressional black caucus” are testaments to the TRUTH of this assertion!
[That is apparently the ONLY qualification that matters to a lot of black voters.]
TOo bloody true. FOR most blacks i know, JUST BEING black is more than enough to get voted for.. AND IF YOU DON’T vote for your fellow black brutha, you must be an uncle tom..
this is what happens when people vote based on ‘color of their skin’ not character or worthy of being called ‘human being’
I hope Sheila Jackson Lee’s “throwing her weight around” and demanding “royal treatment” because she is a CONGRESSWOMAN that resulted in Jean Marie Simon being unceremonially BOOTED out of her paid and ticketed first class seat will EXPOSE this despicable racist CLOWN for the TOTAL OVER-ENTITLED JACKA$$ that she is, and United Airlines for the FASCIST JERKS they are! The self-important LEE wasn’t content to boot the woman out of her first class seat. No, she had to throw the “race card” and try to play the “VICTIM” too, claiming that Simon was a racist who was just “targeting her” because she is BLACK. Seems to me, any targeting done in this sorry affair was done by Lee and United Airlines!
I think old Sheila has about ridden that “race card” donkey about as far as it will take her, and I hope she falls off THAT A$$ onto HER OWN and this incompetent racist PUKE finally gets booted out of OUR Congress. It should be obvious to all after this little incident that she is TOTALLY unfit for the office she holds!
I doubt it.. I’ve never seen any other senator who ‘threw their weight around’ to get perks ever get shamed into stopping, or disciplined into not doing it anymore..
Shiela Jackson-Lee — typical of the Dhimmithug Party’s members!
Since Sheila Jackson Lee claims being black is what makes her do what she does, why shouldn’t we believe her?
She is saying, it is being black that gives her the content of her character
The content of her character and the color of her skin are one and the same
And it should not be too hard to understand why others cross the street when they see a black person coming, they cannot tell, just by look, who is hiding bad behavior behind their skin color.
So she is admiting being black makes her a total Screwball..!