Hank Williams Jr. should stick to writing much-needed hits, says Jackson Lee

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) on Wednesday morning suggested that country singer Hank Williams Jr. should stick to writing songs rather than dabbling in politics and suggested that writing some new hit songs might be in order.

“Mr. Williams, you might stick to the penning of a new hit that you haven’t had for a long period of time,” Jackson Lee said on the House floor.

{mosads}She was criticizing Williams for saying the round of golf between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would be like a meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister and Hitler. That comment prompted ESPN to remove Williams from the Monday Night Football opening segment, a spot the performer has owned for 20 years.

Williams did not clarify whether he was comparing Obama or Boehner to Hitler, and later indicated that he was simply trying to show the contrast between the two leaders.

Jackson Lee said Wednesday that she did not know “who he was calling what,” but said nonetheless that Williams’ remarks were “unhelpful and disgraceful.”

“For you to characterize any leader as the dastardly and heinous person that Hitler was … what a disgraceful statement,” she said. She added the Obama-Boehner meeting was an attempt at “civility through what a lot of Americans do, playing golf.”

Jackson Lee also took another shot at GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain for saying that blacks are “brainwashed” into supporting Democrats.

“I guess he suggests we’re not educated persons,” she said, following remarks she made Monday about Cain.