Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee has faced criticism after claiming that the moon is 'made up mostly of gases' while speaking to high school students. Jackson Lee later defended herself on Twitter, stating that she misspoke and blamed the confusion on her remarks. The congresswoman's inaccurate statements have sparked widespread ridicule and debate over her understanding of basic scientific concepts.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee became a trending topic after she said she "misspoke" when talking about the sun and the moon. https://t.co/5WXPPXBqIv
FACE PALM: THIS politician just said the moon is a planet made of gas and that humans should try to live on it ... https://t.co/3hwI48lJbD https://t.co/n77XsFZCqU
Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she "misspoke" while talking about the sun and moon earlier this week regarding the solar eclipse, remarks that went viral online. MORE: https://t.co/BLeX7NF1or https://t.co/8nWagzTtUn
United States Congresswoman from Houston thinks moon is made of gas. And we can live on such gas. We are fucked. https://t.co/asK9T9TBkS
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee struggles with astronomy before failing to put on her eclipse glasses "A full moon is a complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases" https://t.co/Y4ptY4Ettz
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee struggles with astronomy before failing to put on eclipse gasses "A full moon is a complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases" https://t.co/rNsOu7k6E5
.@jimgeraghty: As you likely remember from elementary school, the moon — which is not a planet — is not made up mostly of gases. I think spectacularly ill-informed lawmakers usually get too little grief for their idiotic comments, instead of too much. https://t.co/GJesUJb0He
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, on Wednesday said she "misspoke" while talking about the sun and moon earlier this week regarding the solar eclipse, remarks that went viral online. More: https://t.co/BLeX7NF1or https://t.co/N9rVZOjmYa
A Democrat congresswoman has been widely ridiculed after she attempted to turn the tables on the Republicans following her gaffe about "planet" moon being "made of gases". https://t.co/tD4Gs3xDoR
Rep. Sheila Jackson (D-TX) has "clarified" that she was actually asking whether or not she could live on the sun, not the moon. Her comme... Read more: https://t.co/AoiMhFrrGG ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Gets Savagely Roasted After She Blames Republicans For Her Getting Confused on Astronomy and Making a Brutal Moon Gaffe via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/HSTvkSLaYL
Rep Sheila Jackson claims that the moon is “made up of mostly gases.” This is completely false. It’s mostly made out of cheese 🧀🤓
Sheila Jackson Lee Digs Deeper Hole After 'Sun/Moon' Speech As More Clips of Her Foolishness Emerge https://t.co/HVrGr30pX1
NEW -->> Sheila Jackson Lee Digs Deeper Hole After 'Sun/Moon' Speech As More Clips of Her Foolishness Emerge https://t.co/a1iM6RiCIu
Rep. Jackson Lee ripped after defending her moon gaffe and blaming it on GOP: ‘Vote better people’ https://t.co/iHjOd0XiR1
VIDEO: Dumb Democrats Claim Moon Is Made Of Gas And Islands Float https://t.co/4ocb8NZh7a
Sheila Jackson Lee Claims Moon Is Made Of 'Gases' https://t.co/0b08BHLahX
Dem Rep Sheila Jackson Lee’s FULL SPEECH to high schoolers where she claims the moon is a planet, is made up of gasses, and there are solar systems smaller than the earth https://t.co/tBPqDBJ8RS
US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee also didn't do the Party Of Science any favors yesterday. Who knew eclipses were caused by climate change and that they turned the moon into planets made of gas? I'm an Independent, so I sure didn't. https://t.co/aqQBGxIwhU
Sheila Jackson Lee Says Right's 'Lust for Stupidity' to Blame for Mockery of Her Sun/Moon Doozy https://t.co/zkSzzE70RV
Democrat Congresswoman Tells Students The Moon Is Made Of Gas — And It Gets Worse https://t.co/8DMYIHdv9J https://t.co/bPHChRYReH
Sheila Jackson Lee ‘Clarifies’, She Wants to Live on the SUN, Not the Moon, Blames Republicans. Read more: https://t.co/4GBm9eXIHt Rep. Sheila Jackson (D-TX) has "clarified" that she was actually asking whether or not she could ...
I had no idea that Democrat Congresswoman Shelia Jackson was an astronomer!!! “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.” https://t.co/utqVUin0Ue
I joined @RitaPanahi on @SkyNewsAust to discuss Sheila Jackson Lee apparently thinking the Moon is "made up mostly of gases," the criminal sentencing of Aimee Harris over the Ashley Biden diary, the precipitous decline of NPR, and America's housing affordability crisis. https://t.co/87KfvSxfJM
Sheila Jackson Lee's full remarks about the eclipse are absolutely wild. Not only does she claim that the Moon is made of gases, she also says there are solar systems "smaller than the Earth," that the Moon is a planet, and that an eclipse happens when "they shut the light down."… https://t.co/EdpOj18cOy
SPACED OUT: Sheila Jackson Lee tells students 'planet' moon is 'made up of mostly of gases' https://t.co/cDH07P9JxT
Sheila Jackson Lee said that the Moon is made up of gases but we can live on it because the gases are "manageable." Now she claims she was talking about the Sun, which would mean that she thinks we can live on the Sun. So her excuse is that she didn't mean to say that dumb thing.… https://t.co/iquRHyNQIo
Sheila Jackson Lee says we can’t go near the sun because “it’s almost impossible” but it’s possible to go near the moon because it’s made up of gas. If you disagree, you’re a racist. https://t.co/tiAtlMNlJj
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Claims She ‘Misspoke’ After Delivering Bizarre Speech About the Moon Being a ‘Planet’ Made Up ‘Mostly of Gases’ https://t.co/GUGnqNhmjr
Sheila Jackson Lee Claims Moon Is Made Of ‘Gases’ https://t.co/0b08BHLahX
‘Moon made of glass’, Democratic Congresswoman blasted for misinforming #students https://t.co/jWyW6PtGhD https://t.co/gQ4mRy6vg7
Representative Shiela Jackson Lee (D-TX) exhibited a deeply concerning lack of basic scientific knowledge while discussing yesterday's so... Read more: https://t.co/iUZk9muEjY ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️
A woman who is "made up mostly of gases" thinks the moon is, too! This chucklehead is a member of the Congress that makes our laws and levies taxes on our hard-earned dollars. https://t.co/u5J3oz2lPK
🌗U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Representative, and Yale University alumna Sheila Jackson Lee tells students that the Moon is “a planet made mostly of gases”... https://t.co/T79CT9QTXg
As the United Negro College Fund motto goes—THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE: Sheila Jackson Lee tells #Texas students 'planet' moon is 'made up of mostly of gases' #Eclipse2024 #Eclipse #EclipseSolar https://t.co/51n4P4uJtS
A Democrat congresswoman has misinformed a group of high school students that the moon is a "planet" that is "made up mostly of gases." https://t.co/oMlYUHNQJ6
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee mocked for saying Moon is ‘made up mostly of gases:’ ‘Dumb as dirt’ https://t.co/jk9k7Ys1pS
The gas bag Congressman thinks the moon is also made of gas. https://t.co/VsdOGJ5Kng
Spaced out: Sheila Jackson Lee tells Texas students 'planet' moon is 'made up of mostly of gases' https://t.co/lPckpdWXFx
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee took to twitter to defend herself saying she misspoke when she referred to the moon as being made "mostly of gases." https://t.co/S15DP2yRg2
Only Democrats Can Be This Stupid: Sheila Jackson Lee Says the Moon Is 'Mostly Gases' (Watch) https://t.co/xkx67jRIO3
Democrat Rep Sheila Jackson Lee tells students the moon is "made up mostly of gases" https://t.co/FIlCiEvRYI https://t.co/FIlCiEvRYI
WATCH: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee tells students the moon is a ‘planet made up mostly of gases’ https://t.co/roLRMHUzk2
I wish I was half as confident about anything as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is when she says going to the moon is possible because it's "made mostly of gases" https://t.co/ldgB1AWfnb https://t.co/kTyhcMXwhY
WATCH: Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee 🤪 Claims The Moon 🌙 is Made of Gas! – We Investigated...🕵🏼♀️ Read more: https://t.co/fmD3jSU4bL Representative Shiela Jackson Lee (D-TX) exhibited a deeply concerning lack of basic scientific k...
Democrat Rep Sheila Jackson Lee tells students the moon is ‘made up mostly of gases’ https://t.co/WRlwS0m0M2
NEW: Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says the "full moon" is "mostly made up of gases" while speaking in front of a bunch of high schoolers. "A full moon is that complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases." Oh, it gets better. After getting called out for her… https://t.co/jVFW6yUq1N