Now democrats are taking phone calls during townhall meetings (unemployed, healthcare, regular)

[Jadex]

YouTube - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee talks on the phone as a woman asks a question at a town hall event

Now doesnt that just take the cake. yeah they know they work for us.

[bellalunatic]

rude yes.
but we didn't see the preface to this scene did we? curious.
& weird how the woman talking was almost crying at the end about how she's getting divorced and is unemployed and will need to find her own healthcare solution....
god forbid there are more options...

[Katarina Witt]

Have you ever visited your state legislature? That is SOP on both sides of the aisle. Not right, but the done thing.

[Jadex]

Let the excuses come. She works for us , She works for that lady that was asking her a question but instead she thought taking a phone call was more important

[Jill61]

No excuses, it was terribly rude.

But let's not pretend that it's "democrats", plural. It was one democrat. One.

[Tank1906]

She's no worst then staged protesters preventing regular citizens from questioning their representative by disrupting the meetings. OP sees no problems with that though.

[RjRobb2]

At initial glance, it is rude but all you see is a snippet. Not what took place before or after.

To make a true judgement on the situation, the whole thing needs to be shown.

[karfar]

Originally Posted by Jadex

Let the excuses come. She works for us , She works for that lady that was asking her a question but instead she thought taking a phone call was more important

Yeah, of course it's rude. Just like it's rude to yap on your phone while you're at a check out, at dinner, out w/a friend, etc. etc. Bet you've done all of those before. But one question: was the question FOR that woman as you claim?

[wdavid002]

Originally Posted by Jadex

YouTube - Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee talks on the phone as a woman asks a question at a town hall event

Now doesnt that just take the cake. yeah they know they work for us.

I hope her constituents tell her to get her resume together

[CharlottePirateFan]

That can be excused if it was an emergency. If not, it was totally unprofessional and out of line.