Posted on 04/10/2024 2:14:57 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Social media users trashed Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, after she turned her gaffe about the moon being "made of gases" into a slam of Republicans on social media Tuesday.
Reacting to the backlash she received for telling school children that the moon is made of gases ahead of Monday’s eclipse, the lawmaker said that her Republican critics are hounding her because they have a "lust for stupidity."
She gave a speech at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston on the day of the eclipse, telling an assembly of students, "Sometimes, you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon is that complete rounded circle which is made up mostly of gases, and that’s why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the Moon? Are the gases such that we could do that?"
Elsewhere in her address, Rep. Jackson Lee described the moon as a "planet," another inaccuracy.
The lawmaker’s speech went viral on social media due to its scientific errors, which became all the more notable in light of the fact that she was once the leader of the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee.
Jackson Lee responded to the criticism she received by insisting it was a mistake – that she was referring to the sun – and insulting Republicans as "foolish thinkers" just looking to stir the pot.
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Sometimes we need to look up, see a political party full of gas, and wonder, why do people vote for that?
(not gas, but you know ...)
She is in a gerrymandered district that ensures that a dim will win. She does NOT represent this state. She represents a district which votes her back into office over and over.
Dumber than a bag of rocks
What you get when they elect these people
She has never chaired a committee. The top dogs of the dimrat party don’t trust her. When she ran for mayor of Houston, Nazi Pelosi supported her run bigly. I guess to get her the hell out of DC and out of their hair. She lost that election and will be back in DC again.
“Ignorance and arrogance”. I’ve seen that many times.
She’s got a Confederate name, what the hell would she know? She needs to be take down and dragged off to the dump.
“Not only is she dull. She is the cause of dullness in others”
Obama was and is a classic example.
57 states.
No. Rocks know what their purpose is.
She is pretty dumb.
She is a carpetbagger from New York who won Barbara Jordan’s seat and did so by mimicking Barbara Jordan’s speech pattern and continues to do so. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Barbara Jordan on a flight once and Jackson-Lee is NOTHING like Barbara Jordan. I don’t think Barbara Jordan would be a Democrat today.
At least she didn’t say we could only live on the moon when it was full!
Would they all end up with negative scores at the end?
The moon is made of government cheeses.
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