in the 1990 s during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag astronauts had planted on mars. when gently informed no human being has been to mars because it s very far away, lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the science committee in congress and so on. we can spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories and it s tempting. on capital hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congressional district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average, all the number markers of civilizationnal decline. high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has served in congress for nearly 30 years but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done to improve the lives of the people who elected
Fox News host Tucker Carlson voices his concerns over Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's latest legislation and discusses the push for racial reparations on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'
why can t people change their race? that s a sincere question that s waved away as ridiculous. it s not any more ridiculous than changing your sex. in fact, it s the same. so under laws like this, there s a huge incentive to change your race because you get paid for doing that. what are we going to do about that? but what s interesting is sadly, sadly interesting and sadly, sadly predictable is if politicians in california and the rest of the country decide how they re going to loot the treasury in the name of racial justice, the communities they supposedly serve are falling apart in reasonable, tangible, measurable ways. people are dying. axios, for example, reports carjackings in d.c. have risen for the fifth straight year. ask anyone who lives there. ask the d.c. council candidate who was carjacked in broad daylight a year ago. a vehicle stolen friday may be linked to multiple crimes in northeast including the murder of 19-year-old devin brewer. there was a drive-by shooting on
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Devin Brewer, a teenager who was in a wheelchair outside his home in Northeast Washington, D.C. earlier.