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The chair of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)’s Houston mayoral campaign was hospitalized after being attacked on Monday morning, according to a spokesperson for the congresswoman.
The alleged assault comes just days after purported audio of Jackson Lee berating a staffer with such colorful phrases as “fuckface,” “shitass,” and “Boo Boo” went viral after being circulated by right-wing social media accounts.
Gerald Womack, a longtime friend of Jackson Lee’s, was hit in the head outside his Houston office, Angelica Luna Kaufman told The Daily Beast. She said that the campaign was waiting for an update on Womack’s condition, and that a police report had been filed in the matter. Jackson Lee’s team believes the suspected assailant to be a local blogger with a history of pushing conspiracy theories about election fraud.