Houston's mayor-elect takes parting shot at Sheila Jackson Lee: 'We don't bully people'

Texas State Sen. and Houston Mayor-Elect John Whitmire took a parting shot at Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas after winning Houston's mayoral runoff over the congresswoman in a landslide.

"People want to go to work for me because we respect people. We don't bully people," Whitmire said during his victory speech Saturday, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle. "My family taught me to treat people the way you want to be treated, and that works wherever you are, regardless of what community you're visiting with.