Sheila Jackson Lee at odds with constituents
08:42 PM CDT on Saturday, March 29, 2008
By Wendell Edwards / 11 News
Click for raw video of convention-goers booing local Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
HOUSTON -- On the campus of Texas Southern University was a Democratic Senate District convention unlike the others being held across the state.
Democrats together, but yet still divided over who should be the Democratic presidential nominee.
And never more was that more apparent than when longtime Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee took the stage.
A majority of the crowd showed its support for Barack Obama by shouting his name and booing the congresswoman, letting her know what they thought of her allegiance to Hillary Clinton.
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But for those backing Obama, they said it sent a clear message to the congresswoman from her constituents.
"For her to standout against the wishes of her district and be a Clinton supporter, I guess pissed off our delegation,” said Obama supporter Phillip.
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