The Congresswoman, who is running to be Houston’s next mayor, expressed regret following the release of an audio recording where she purportedly cursed at her staff.
, expressed regret and said that “everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect” following the release of an unverified audio recording purported to be of the longtime Democratic lawmaker berating staff members with a barrage of expletives.
In the rest of the 95-second recording, the woman berates the staffer she is talking to and another staff member, whom she described as a “fat ass stupid idiot.” In a statement released Monday evening, Jackson Lee did not directly admit that the woman in the recording is her but said she wanted to express to “the people of Houston that I strongly believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, and that includes my own staff.”“I know that I am not perfect.
She blamed the release of the recording, which was sent out days before the start of early voting on Monday in the Nov. 7 election, on her main rival in the mayoral race, state Sen. John Whitmire.
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