Unfortunately, her explanation also didn’t make a whole lot of sense either.
says she simply “misspoke” when, in a speech to school children this week, she confidently explained that the moon is “made up mostly of gases.”Monday, Jackson Lee made a series of bizarre remarks in which she also incorrectly referred to the moon as a planet. “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?” she said.
She went on to say: “We have yet to know whether you can live on the moon. But 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—that’s another planet which we’re going to see shortly.
Jackson Lee went on to say that Republicans should focus less on calling her out and more on prenatal care, affordable housing, and reducing student debt.
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