Rep. Jackson Lee ripped after defending her moon gaffe and blaming it on GOP: ‘Vote better people’

Fox News ^ | April 10, 2024 | Gabriel Hays

[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.

[PGalt]

Sheila Jackson Lee-D umb. Americans pay for this IDIOT.

[PTBAA]

In the future, Rep. Lee would like to be referred to as Gaseous Clay.

[DAC21]

She’s a Yale “Graduate” don’t you know. Buuuuwwwaaaahahahaha!

[762X51]

Statistically, people who have genetic roots in a specific certain region of the world are known to do poorly on IQ tests.

Until that fact is widely known and accepted as the truth, ANYTHING offered as a reason or excuse for their failure is offered in vain. NO problem can be solved until the problem is accurately identified and few wish to accurately identify this problem. It is a curse to know the truth.

[762X51]

In the future, Rep. Lee would like to be referred to as Gaseous Clay.

Now THAT'S funny!!!

[Organic Panic]

The mars rovers could have seen where Louis Armstrong planted the flag but the moon tipped over.

[dfwgator]

First, you need better people to run for office.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

LOL!

[stylin19a]

...they have a "lust for stupidity."

she can't see that she just keeps feeding it ?

[Texas resident]

She is a serious combination of ignorance and arrogance.

Good thing she is only a congresswoman.

She ran for the mayor of Houston and enough people came out to vote for her opponent.

[Bullish]

She’s the product of hundreds of years of inbreeding. She’s functionally illiterate, can’t do any math and can hardly speak proper English. In other words, she’s a perfect representative of her Houston district.

[GaryCrow]

If republicans had a lust for stupidity then we’d be positively in love with her.

[metmom]

Leftists are incapable of admitting when they are wrong.

The consummate blame shifters.

She looks like even more of an idiot. She should, learn when to keep her mouth shut and she’d come out much further ahead.

[pricilla]

At best,Jackson Lee could be the “missing link”,but not nearly as smart......yes,I said it!!!....but you stupid people keep on electing it.

[dware]

She’s still a rep? I thought the people of Tejas had gotten her out? This thing is the dumbest waste of human DNA to ever walk the face of the earth. How does she end up an elected official?

[ETCM]

"...how could we as humans live on the moon - are the gases such that we could do that?"

By claiming she was speaking about the sun, she is suggesting that we could LIVE on the sun, a statement no less ridiculous than saying the moon is made mostly of gasses.

[Eagles6]

Good move, Sheila, find yourself in a hole, so keep digging.

[RoosterRedux]

It doesn't matter that she's stupid. Stupidity doesn't matter in the world of equality of outcome. Stupid only has meaning in the world of white supremacy (i.e., in a meritocracy).

However stupid she might be, she's smart enough to realize that any attack on her is an opportunity for her to prove to her fellow travelers how racist patriotic Americans are.

[Rummyfan]

No one has ever accused Sheila Jackson Lee of being an intellectual.

[Gaffer]

A certified moron. The original “Lucy”