Sheila Jackson Lee’s Eulogy At Michael Jackson Memorial Already Proving Controversial [WITH VIDEO]

A eulogy delivered by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) at a memorial service for pop icon Michael Jackson in Los Angeles a few hours ago is already causing a storm to swirl around the longtime Texas Democrat, herself no stranger to controversy.

Via Politico:

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee eulogized Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, paying her respects to the fallen pop star and defending him against charges of child molestation.

“We understand the Constitution, we understand laws, and we know that people are innocent until proven otherwise,” the Texas Democrat told mourners gathered for Jackson’s memorial service. “That is what the Constitution stands for.”

The congresswoman, who has introduced a resolution to honor Jackson as “an accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment, scientific advances in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, and global food security,” spoke about how Jackson helped bring Americans into public service.

“Many people don’t understand the hearts of entertainers,” she said. “They don’t know how big their hearts are. They don’t know how they heal the world on behalf of America.”

Jackson Lee went on to recall Jackson’s visit to Washington in 2004, to rally awareness for the fight against HIV/AIDs, as well as a meeting she had in her office with him and 15 African ambassadors.

Video here:

Conservatives like Michelle Malkin have already gone nuts over Jackson Lee’s remarks:

Oh, no, she didn’t.

Oh, yes, she did.

Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee just pimped the stupidest House resolution ever on stage at the Jacko memorial at Staples Center. She held up a big, framed copy of it as the crowd cheered. That was after she extolled “The King,” painted him as the world’s greatest humanitarian, and demagogued the child molestation cases by proclaiming that members of Congress “know the law” and know that he is “INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!”

Yes, she did. Right there in front of Jacko’s three children.

I thought Al Sharpton’s memorial rant was the low point for American culture.

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, you win.

The National Republican Congressional Committee also took advantage of the opportunity to point out that Jackson Lee was missing an “important vote” in Congress today to be at the memorial:

While Jackson-Lee is pre-occupied speaking at Michael Jackson’s celeb-studded memorial in Los Angeles, and promoting her bill honoring Jackson, she is neglecting this very real vote taking place back here in Washington:

H.Con.Res. 135 – Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol (Sponsored by Rep. Lewis (GA) / House Administration Committee

Will this cause Jackson Lee any real harm? Probably not. A Republican could never win her district, and Jackson Lee herself is a Teflon woman in her district. It is doubtful much of this will matter, but political foes will nonetheless make hay with this bit of interesting political theater.

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