TX-18: Sheila Jackson Lee diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

[Minnesota Mike]

https://twitter.com/JacksonLeeTX18/status/1797449723647025367

Wishing her the best. Pancreatic cancer is a tough one.

[The Mikado]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

[MargieCat]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

Which one? Amanda Edwards or Isaiah Martin?

This seat probably ends up going to State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, who primaried her a long time ago.

[Sir Mohamed]

God bless... horrible news. Pancreatic cancer is unfortunately one of the worst and most vicious, if not the worst.

[Open Source Intelligence]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

This is happening more and more. I know of 2 instances the last year just in Indiana.

[GAinDC]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

[Sir Mohamed]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

Aren't most politicians terrible bosses?

[Roll Roons]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

Aren't most politicians terrible bosses?

No, actually most are pretty good to work for. And even if they were, she is still known for standing out as one of the very worst.

[GAinDC]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

Aren't most politicians terrible bosses?

No. Most are good, decent people who treat their staff with respect.

Among the Capitol Hill community, she is a well known exception

[Smash255]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

First & foremost, I hope she will be okay. 

Now I don't think she should have ran for re-election, but to be fair she never really indicated that she would retire from the House if she lost the Houston's Mayor race.   She did nothing to quell the the speculation either, but its not like she came out and said she wouldn't be running either way.  Also, there is little to indicate that she knew at the time she chose to run again that she was ill (if anything it appears that it was a recent diagnosis and she was not ill at the time (or did not know). 

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

Aren't most politicians terrible bosses?

No. Most are good, decent people who treat their staff with respect.

Among the Capitol Hill community, she is a well known exception

She usually is near the top of the worst boss on the hill

[Compuzled_One]

That's horrible. Hopefully she recovers.

[coloradocowboi]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

Tbh I think it's a little hilarious because Edwards would've been a terrible Rep too. She's probably the front-runner now anyway.

[Schiff for Senate]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

I sympathize with her after this diagnosis but it doesn’t change the fact that she has been one of the meanest Members of Congress for years. She treats her staff like absolute s**t.

These were my first thoughts. Lee's abuse is well-documented; by all accounts she's made a very toxic work environment for her staffers.

[MargieCat]

This woman blocked her own protege in the Congressional Primary after unretiring only to reveal she's quite possibly terminally ill?

I feel bad for her but I also think her running for reelection was outrageously irresponsible.

Tbh I think it's a little hilarious because Edwards would've been a terrible Rep too. She's probably the front-runner now anyway.

Why do you think Edwards would be a terrible rep? Out of curiosity.

I couldn't really get much of a read on her.

[TDAS04]

That's horrible. Hopefully she recovers.

She probably won’t. The survival rate for those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is very low, especially when it’s stage IV. I don’t know if it’s stage IV in Lee’s case, but not even 5% of those diagnosed with state IV pancreatic cancer make it for even another another 5 years (Alex Trebek was lucky to live 20 months after diagnosis).

Nevertheless, I wish the best to her and her family.

[DrScholl]

It's probable that she did not have this diagnosis before she opted for re-election and she certainly didn't know about it before she ran for Mayor. This is what took out Michael Landon and he passed away three months after having symptoms that led doctors too his diagnosis.