Mast, a Republican who represents St. Lucie and Martin counties and a northern part of Palm Beach County, posted a video<\/a> of the scene on social media on December 8. The footage exhibits two flags tucked in a gray plastic bin with shifting directions alongside Jackson Lee’s title. <\/p>\n The bin is marked “trash,” with printed pictures of half-eaten meals and a banana peel. <\/p>\n “So this can be a WTF [what the fuck] second right here within the House of Representatives. People are shifting workplaces and that is apparently the place Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee retains her American flag and her [prisoner of war] flag: within the rubbish can, within the trash. That’s her concept of acceptable for shifting the American flag,” Mast says within the video. <\/p>\n Jackson Lee responded that the snafu<\/a> was a “mistake by the home movers that ought to have been kindly identified to them.”<\/p>\n “As a re-elected member of congress, you recognize that workplace strikes are solely dealt with by the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). You know I had nothing to do with this,” Jackson Lee replied to Mast on Twitter.<\/p>\n Jackson Lee’s response features a video of dozens of items of displaced furnishings within the hallways of a congressional workplace wing to indicate the size of the transfer. A message she acquired from the Architect of the Capitol, addressing the controversy, claimed that the bin “shouldn’t be and has by no means been a trash receptacle.”<\/p>\n Jackson Lee recommended Mast “selected to run to Twitter to lust for retweets like a baby,” as an alternative of approaching her straight. The congresswoman stated the 2 of them may have labored collectively to coach congressional movers on tips on how to correctly retailer and deal with American flags. <\/p>\n Prior to Jackson Lee’s response, Mast had posted a message to her, saying, “Anytime you want a lesson on flag etiquette, let me know. It’s one of many first issues we’re taught in primary coaching.”<\/p>\n Photos by Brian Mast and Sheila Jackson Lee <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \nMast is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, the place he misplaced each legs in a September 2010 explosion. He has represented Florida’s 18th District <\/a>since 2017, having not too long ago overwhelmed out Democratic challenger Corinna Balderramos Robinson by a large margin within the midterm election.<\/p>\n Mast claims he took the American flag from the trash can and “respectfully saved it” for the movers. <\/p>\n Jackson Lee is a lawyer, former Houston decide, and senior<\/a> congresswoman<\/a> for Texas’ 18th District. She’s represented the district since 1995. <\/p>\n In her response to Mast, Jackson Lee maintained that her workplace “has at all times had an amazing respect for the flag.”<\/p>\n “I honor the American flag, the Texas flag, and am one of many few members that has a POW\/MIA flag of their workplace,” the congresswoman wrote. <\/p>\n As of Saturday, December 10, the 2 congress members have been nonetheless wrangling over the incident. That afternoon Mast wrote again to Jackson Lee: “The incontrovertible fact that our flag was in a trash can for any cause & nobody in your crew thought to repair it’s all I must know.”<\/p>\n Rep. Eric Swalwell of California defended Jackson Lee over the weekend, asking Mast, “Now that the Architect of the Capitol has debunked your infantile declare, will you apologize to [Jackson Lee] for smearing her patriotism?”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/media1.miaminewtimes.com\/mia\/imager\/u\/blog\/15895821\/brian_mast_and_sheila_jackson_lee.jpg?cb=1670854967\")
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