Racist Suspect Limbaugh Ramps Up His Slavery-Based Attacks On Rep. Jackson Lee
/After mocking Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) by asking "who owned and who sold her" after she described herself as a "freed slave," Rush Limbaugh doubled down with a slew of even more vicious slavery-based attacks on Jackson Lee.
On his February 14 radio show, Limbaugh reacted to Jackson Lee's comments that she was a "freed slave" due to Civil War-era bipartisanship by asking "who owned and who sold her." The next day, after a listener said he'd called Jackson Lee's office and been hung up on, Limbaugh doubled down on his comments, speculating that her "owner" may have gotten a "good deal" because Jackson Lee "might have outlived her usefulness on the plantation" and her "child-rearing years are over":
