Houston’s new mayor jabs ‘bully’ Sheila Jackson Lee after 30-point beatdown
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Houston Mayor-elect John Whitmire took a parting shot at U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) after delivering a 30-point beatdown over the weekend in the runoff election for mayor. “People want to go to work for me because we respect people. We don’t bully people,” Whitmire declared in his victory speech, according to the Houston Chronicle — his remarks being a likely reference to the leaked audio of a profane tirade purportedly from Lee being directed at her staff. “My family taught me to treat people the way you want...
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