“We need to make sure we get on national news,” Lee quipped, quelling the crowd by having a college opera student sing the national anthem. Occasional chastising punctuated the rest of the meeting, some comments accusing her of wasting time when introducing a state politician who had joined the crowd and other jeers when she talked on her cell phone while a constituent posed a question to her.

“In Congress, we have to multi-task,” she explained.

Yep: Avoiding questions, not reading bills, and trying to stifle dissent all at once takes a special kind of public servant.

Excuse me, Sheila Jackson Lee, are We The People disturbing you?

Their imperiousness is stunning. (and exasperating!)

She is a disgrace.

Merrie, this isn't even that shocking compared to her various other episodes.

Absolutely Antara...absolutely.