“I simply refuse to accept that as a standard of leadership for the highest office in the world. Even if you never understand it, sir, if you never understand it, if you think you're playing to your base, if you're not a unifier, we will continue to stand in the gap, and racism is going to be under o…”— Sheila Jackson Lee, chron.comTagged: Donald Trump, Take a Knee, Police Brutality, Colin Kaepernick
“You tell me which of these children's mothers are a 'son of a b.' That is racism. You cannot deny it, you cannot run from it. I kneel in honor of them....I kneel in front of the flag on the House floor. I kneel in honor of the First Amendment. I kneel because the flag is a symbol for freedom. I knee…”— Sheila Jackson Lee, chron.comTagged: Donald Trump, Take a Knee, First Amendment, racism