There are reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is stepping down as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation as well as a House subcommittee leadership role:
SCOOP: Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has decided to resign as the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation chairwoman.
And Ms. Jackson Lee will also step aside temporarily from an important House Judiciary subcommittee chairmanship. https://t.co/3fqEf1lhAm
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) January 23, 2019
Rep. Karen Bass, chair of the CBC, will temporarily fill the top slot on the Judiciary Committee’s crime subcommittee
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) January 23, 2019
Sheila Jackson Lee is in serious trouble; with Democrats in Congress, action is swift, and she has already dropped a subcommittee chair and the CBC Foundation chairmanship. @NPFandos https://t.co/JKpMVrIIiE
— (((JonathanWeisman))) (@jonathanweisman) January 23, 2019
This is reportedly the reason:
NEW: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee intends to resign as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, after being named in a lawsuit accusing her of retaliating against a staffer who planned to sue the CBCF over an alleged rape by a former CBCF employee https://t.co/2x73FHVJyv
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 23, 2019
We’ll see where that story leads. Meanwhile, it wasn’t very long ago that Rep. Jackson Lee was sounding the alarm about the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and what she claims is Trump’s “anti-woman agenda”:
— Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) January 23, 2019
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These sure are interesting bookend tweets:
Brett Kavanaugh will be a rubber stamp for the Trump-Pence anti-woman & anti-health care agenda. The Senate must reject this dangerous nomination! See my full statement below: #WhatsAtStake #StopKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/OqDizCkdoe
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) July 10, 2018
NEW: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee intends to resign as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, after being named in a lawsuit accusing her of retaliating against a staffer who planned to sue the CBCF over an alleged rape by a former CBCF employee https://t.co/2x73FHVJyv
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 23, 2019
Yikes.
OOF.
— G, not J. (@g_sharp_major) January 23, 2019
Boy oh boy, the left just keeps on falling https://t.co/h6lZvLeHNi
— Mark Willoughby (@MericaMark69) January 23, 2019
Those who scream loudest are likely covering their own failings. https://t.co/sBNqmwYrN8
— Jason Tucker (@phattuck) January 23, 2019
??♀️ good grief.#Hypocrisy
— Jewels (@jewelstweeeets) January 23, 2019
The second Pelosi-led era of the House is off to a rousing start.