The Left has some wild ideas cooked up in their heads. But this one takes the cake by far.
And this Democrat Congresswoman said the most unhinged thing you’ll ever read.
Americans were treated to one of the many wonders of the world, the solar eclipse, just a few days ago.
While many took it as an opportunity to unplug from the punishing world of politics, some others used it to prove just how idiotic they truly are.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) surprised guests at a high school solar eclipse event Monday by stating that the rock-solid moon is a “planet” and “made up mostly of gases” — before adding she still wants to be “first in line” to learn how to live there.
The former top Democrat on the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee fumbled basic lunar facts when speaking at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston.
“You’ve heard the word ‘full moon.’ 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,” Jackson Lee, 74, told teenage pupils who gathered on a sports field ahead of the rare celestial event.
“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?” the congresswoman said.
“The sun is a mighty powerful heat, but it’s almost impossible to go near the sun. The moon is more manageable.”
Jackson Lee made a number of additional problematic comments, including claiming that the moon, which reflects the sun’s light, emits “unique light and energy” and misrepresenting the scientific cause for the eclipse.
“You have the energy of the moon at night,” she informed the children.
She claimed that the solar eclipse occurred because the Earth was unusually close to the moon, but the eclipse was actually caused by the sun and moon aligning.
“I don’t think we’ve been on the moon the last 50 years. So we will be landing on the moon. What you’ll see today will be the closest distance that the moon has ever been in the last 20 years. Which means that’s why they will shut the light down because they will be close to the Earth,” she said of the eclipse alignment.
“I don’t know about you, I want to be first in line to know how to live and to be able to survive on the moon,” Jackson Lee added. “That’s another planet which we’re going to see shortly.”
Jackson Lee is infamous in DC for high staff turnover due to her claimed strange and aggressive demands on employees.
In a statement to the New York Post on Tuesday, she conceded she was mistaken when she told the students that the moon, which has almost no atmosphere, is largely made up of gas.
“Obviously I misspoke and meant to say the sun, but as usual, Republicans are focused on stupid things instead of stuff that really matters. What can I say, though, foolish thinkers lust for stupidity!” she said of GOPers who swiftly criticized her glaring gaffes.
“They should be focusing on issues like prenatal care, building more affordable housing, and more reduction of student loan debt as President Joe Biden is,” Jackson Lee said. “Also, I care more about these children who would not have experienced the eclipse in this enthusiastic manner. And, I care more about protecting the rights of women and children than engaging in this kind of senseless dialogue!”
Jackson Lee has not removed the film from her X page in which she provides misinformation to local pupils.
Kenny Webster, a Houston radio personality, cut and published the footage, which then went viral.
“As a local Houston talk radio personality, she supplies us with a never-ending vault of content. She’s better than satire,” Webster told the New York Post.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
