Congressional Democrat Takes a Knee to Protest Trump
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (shown, D-Texas), who represents the liberal 18th Congressional District in central Houston, took a knee on the House floor on Monday. She claimed she was protesting the president’s calling for the firing of NFL players who refused to stand during the playing of the national anthem. She claimed she was in “solidarity” with them, and called the president’s comments “racist.”
Lee does that. A lot. To Lee, who is black, nearly everything that anyone does is racist, or can be twisted into making it sound racist. Lee has made a fool of herself ever since she was elected to the House in 1994 and immediately joined both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Here’s what the president said that provided Lee with the opportunity. He was speaking at a political rally on Friday: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when...
Dr. Joel Beeke | 11/11/2012
