‘I don’t like this kind of rude behavior from males’: Judge Hidalgo gets into heated exchange at commissioners court

HOUSTON – Fireworks and verbal blows were unleashed at Harris County Commissioners Court earlier this week. County records show that Tuesday’s meeting with the four county commissioners along with the county judge lasted for over 10 hours.

It was near the end of the meeting and following a spirited conversation that went on for several minutes when Judge Lina Hidalgo lashed out at fellow members of the court, “I just don’t like this kind of rude behavior from males. I’m sorry but I don’t,” said Hidalgo who then pointed comments directly at Commissioner Adrian Garcia as she called for a break, “I am done taking your disrespect,” said Hidalgo.

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The exchange was the culmination of a heated discussion on a motion involving flood control. Keep in mind there was a friendly amendment being added, but things turned unfriendly very quickly, with Hidalgo at one point saying, “You guys chill, oh my God.”

Commissioner Leslie Briones attempted multiple times to get the meeting back on track by asking, “Can we please get back to the people’s work?”

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Hidalgo then turned her frustration to Briones asking her, “Why don’t you instead help your colleague when somebody else is attacking her personally?”