{"id":2216906,"date":"2024-04-09T19:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T23:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congresswoman-tells-students-the-moon-is-made-of-gas-and-it-gets-worse\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T20:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:01:51","slug":"democrat-congresswoman-tells-students-the-moon-is-made-of-gas-and-it-gets-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congresswoman-tells-students-the-moon-is-made-of-gas-and-it-gets-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Congresswoman Misleads Students by Claiming Moon is Gas Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-congresswoman-tells-students-the-moon-is-made-of-gas-and-it-gets-worse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During an eclipse-viewing event, Rep. Sheila\u2064 Jackson Lee (D-TX) told teenagers that the moon\u2064 is made of gases and expressed her wish \u2063to be\u200d one\u2062 of the first to live there. She made these scientifically dubious statements to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-parent-alphabet-slashes-stake-in-trading-app-robinhood\/\" title=\"Alphabet, Google's parent company, reduces investment in Robinhood trading app.\">high school\u2062 students<\/a> in\u2063 Houston. \u200dVideo footage of her comments is \u2064available on social media, sparking debate over the accuracy of her claims. At an eclipse-viewing event,\u2063 Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) shared with teenagers that the \u2064moon is composed of gases and voiced her desire to be among the first to inhabit it. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-votes-to-oust-rep-greene-from-two-committees\/\" title=\"House votes to oust Rep. Greene from two committees\">controversial statements<\/a> were made to high \u200bschool students in Houston and have since circulated on social\u200b media, prompting discussions on the validity of her assertions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sheila-jackson-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheila Jackson Lee<\/a> (D-TX) told teenagers at an eclipse-viewing event on Monday that the moon was made up of \u201cgases\u201d \u2014 and despite that, she wanted to be among the first who had a chance to live there.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lee, 74, addressed a crowd of teenaged students outside of Houston\u2019s Booker T. Washington High School \u2014 and she delivered a series of scientifically dubious comments ahead of the celestial phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D):<\/p>\n<p>The moon is &#8220;made up mostly of gases&#8221; so we can soon live inside it, unlike the sun which is &#8220;almost&#8221; too hot to go near. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bSd9zXcEPo\">pic.twitter.com\/bSd9zXcEPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1777722602795962787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve heard the word \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stranded-suez-canal-cargo-ship-partially-freed\/\" title=\"Stranded Suez Canal Cargo Ship Partially Freed\">full moon<\/a>.\u2019 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,\u201d Jackson Lee began. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the moon? Are the gases such that we could do that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sun is a mighty powerful heat, but it\u2019s almost impossible to go near the sun. The moon is more manageable,\u201d the Texas legislator continued. \u201cAnd you will see in a moment \u2014 not a moment, you will see in a couple of years, that NASA is going back to the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lee also claimed that the moon gave off \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1777726876489838624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unique light and energy<\/a>\u201d and, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/09\/us-news\/sheila-jackson-lee-tells-students-the-moon-is-a-planet-made-up-mostly-of-gases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the New York Post, gave an even stranger description for the reason the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-lunar-and-solar-eclipse-between-russia-and-canada\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Lunar And Solar Eclipse Between Russia And Canada?\">solar eclipse<\/a> was happening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve been on the moon the last 50 years. So we will be landing on the moon. What you\u2019ll see today will be the closest distance that the moon has ever been in the last 20 years. Which means that\u2019s why they will shut the light down because they will be close to the Earth,\u201d she said, making no mention of the alignment of the sun and moon that caused the eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know about you, I want to be first in line to know how to live and to be able to survive on the moon. That\u2019s another planet which we\u2019re going to see shortly,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lee, who previously served as the top Democrat on the House Science Committee\u2019s space subcommittee, also once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/mooned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">famously asked<\/a> whether the Mars Pathfinder had been successful in capturing photos of the American flag she said was planted there in 1969 by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an eclipse-viewing event, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) inaccurately claimed the moon consists of &#8220;gases.&#8221; The 74-year-old congresswoman expressed her desire to live on the moon, addressing teen students at Booker T. 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