The great eclipse of 2024 was ushered into America with much media fanfare, conspiracy, excitement, and even trepidation.
Many politicians, news anchors and celebrities commented on the significance of the rare celestial event, but it was Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee’s hot take that had folks scratching their heads.
While reportedly visiting Booker T Washington High School for the event the Texas Congresswoman explained to the audience a little bit about the sun and the moon. After all, students were gathered to witness a rare alignment between the two.
“Sometimes you need to take the opportunity to come out and see a full moon, is that complete rounded circle. Which is made up mostly of gases,” Lee explained. “And that’s why the question is why, that how could we has humans live on the moon? Are the gasses such that we could do that?”
And then it was time for a short lesson on the sun.
“The sun is a mighty powerful heat, that it’s almost impossible to go near the sun.”
“Almost”, you say?
Thankfully, the moon is more “manageable” according to Lee as she claimed that NASA will be going back to the moon “in a couple of years.”
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D):
The moon is “made up mostly of gases” so we can soon live inside it, unlike the sun which is “almost” too hot to go near. pic.twitter.com/36fH42XyFX
— Shunya (@Shunyaa00) April 9, 2024
Lee’s simplistic, and very odd (see: wrong), explanation garnered some snarky reactions on X, but the donning of her special eclipse glasses also got folks roaring.
In the following video, Lee is seen struggling, and struggling, and struggling with the glasses meant to protect eyes from the sun’s powerful heat.
She fought with the glasses until she appeared to give up and turned away from the cameras. To add insult to injury, someone can be heard yelling at her, “Just act like you can see!”
This video of Congresswoman Jackson-Lee trying to figure out how to wear her eclipse glasses will literally have you in tears: pic.twitter.com/zqLVbup1Qq
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 9, 2024
The clips provided plenty of fodder for critics of Lee as well as for critics of inept government officials in general:
Wow…just, wow. No words
“The sun is a mighty powerful heat…”. Omg and she get paid very, very well, with a pension and probably the best medical coverage available. Unreal.
— Foghorn702 (@rafoghorn702) April 9, 2024
$175,000 annual salary and makes the laws you have to follow. Makes sense.
— Raymond Smith (@Raymond53864540) April 9, 2024
I think an average 6th grader would be able to make a more educated statement.
— Scott (@ScottPbearded) April 9, 2024
Many folks questioned if the clip was even real, and in the new works of AI it’s reasonable to ask. But, as far as we can tell, it appears to be true.
Please tell me no AI here!!
— Not Constitutionally Incoherent (@CaptKc3) April 9, 2024
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee. This can’t be true. Really a congresswoman?
— NinaMariposa (@LuchadorSolar) April 9, 2024
If Jackson-Lee did something smart that would be shocking.
The fact she consistently acts like an idiot only reinforces the fact that our government isn’t comprised of serious people.
They’re just actors who weren’t attractive or skilled enough to make it in Hollywood.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) April 9, 2024
How can the people who keep voting for her not be completely embarrassed? I’d be mortified.
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) April 9, 2024
Sheila Jackson Lee (D) sat on the House Science Committee AND the House Space Committee
…and she thinks the moon is made of gas pic.twitter.com/1hLFFA2Tjs
— John Hasson (@SonofHas) April 9, 2024
These are the people making our laws https://t.co/FSn1FBhgyp
— Carl Higbie (@CarlHigbie) April 9, 2024
Sad!
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