Posted on 12/26/2017 5:51:12 PM PST by Liz
Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee said she was targeted by a passenger accusing her of taking her first-class seat “because I was an African American woman”.....the airline said she was not given the seat because she is a congresswoman.
Passenger Jean-Marie Simon accused the airline of giving up her first-class seat on a flight earlier this month from Houston to Washington, D.C., to Jackson Lee, a Democrat, in a report in the Houston Chronicle. “I am disappointed in having to respond to this accusation, but I believe transparency is very important,” Jackson Lee said in a statement posted to her Twitter account on Tuesday.
The longtime Democrat lawmaker said she received her boarding pass for her flight on Dec. 18 and “boarded the plane in the normal process.”
“I did nothing wrong. I asked for nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary and received nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary,” she said. “I proceeded to take my seat and work on legislative issues on my way to Washington.”
She said she then observed a “disruption” from someone walking back and forth in the cabin of the plane. That woman was speaking with a black woman flight attendant, she said. A gate agent went to speak with the passenger before the flight took off, she added.
Jackson Lee said the person “came toward me and took a picture” and that she heard the woman 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, seemingly an easy target along with the African American flight attendant who was very, very nice,” she said.
“This saddens me, especially at this time of year given all of the things we have to work on to help people.” A United Airlines representative told NBC News that Jackson Lee was not given preferential treatment because she is a member of Congress.
The passenger, whose flight was already delayed, canceled her flight using the United app, the representative said. When she arrived at the ticket counter, she had a paper ticket from when she had checked in but that was no longer valid because she canceled her flight, the representative said.
Jackson Lee has global services status with the airline and was given an upgrade, which is common for when there is an open first class seat, the representative said.
She said Jackson Lee’s statement accused her of racism. "I had no idea who was in my seat when I complained at the gate that my seat had been given to someone else.” She said an airline resolution manager called her and personally apologized on Saturday morning, but she wants a formal, written apology from the company.
SJL has entire deck of race cards.
Just when you think they’ve maxed out their race card, boom, the credit line gets an increase!!!
What a waste of oxygen that a rat could use!
Race card pulled - do not pass go, do not collect $200.00.
The stupid is strong in this one.
That vile creature is a walking caricature of itself.
I sure did not see THAT coming!
Ivanka and Jared fly coach, and they are a quite a few notches up the ladder from Congressthing S.J. Lee.
Sheila, “I am a queen, and I deserve to be treated like a queen.” “Don’t you know who I am?”
And she's used every last one, and then some.
<><> Did they get tax-paid settlements?
<><> Severance pay?
<><> Payouts from the Office of Compliance?
<><> No-show jobs to keep silent?
<><> Legal counsel from tax-paid lawyers?
<><> other tax-paid emoluments to keep silent?
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She looks more like a water buffalo.
Well, bless her heart.
I guess she’s talking on her phone, but she sure looks camera-shy there.
Idiots like her are too stupid to realize that the “racist” card is so old and worn out that it has lost its meaning.
And when there is a real incident, no one will believe. And you can tank miss Jackson and her ilk for it.
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