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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) claimed she “misspoke” on Tuesday after delivering a speech to school children about the Moon ...

How old is Sheila Jackson Lee? Jackson Lee, 74, began her career as a municipal judge in Houston in 1987. She made a run for politics back in 1994 vying for U.S. Representative of the 18th ...

Conservatives mocked Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, for a Monday speech she gave to students at a solar eclipse event where she claimed the moon is a planet largely made of gases. The former ...

One would hope that elected officials would know more about astronomy than the average middle schooler. Well, despite having served as the U.S. Representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional ...

— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) April 8, 2024 Toward the end of the original clip, Jackson Lee then mentioned that the moon is "another planet which we’re going to see shortly." And, as ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) stunned attendees at a high-school solar eclipse event Monday by claiming the rock-solid moon is a “planet” that is “made up mostly of gases ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, formerly on the House's Science, Space and Technology Committee, flubs scientific facts during a speech to high schoolers about the eclipse. I'm an interior designer.