‘Are You Stupid?’ MAGA State Senator Gets Destroyed Over Stunning Tweet Mistaking Giant Star Wars Prop For Captured Drone
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Trump-endorsed gubernatorial loser and current State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-PA) was widely mocked on X/Twitter over a post mistaking a TIE fighter for a captured drone.
On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump joined the long list of people concocting wild theories about the mysterious drones whose sightings have alarmed residents in New Jersey and all over the East Coast. At a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, he went on a rant about the drones in which he suggested President Joe Biden is concealing the truth about them.
Hours later, Mastriano metaphorically asked Trump to hold his beer (or Bespin Fizz, as the case may be) with a post in which he ranted about the drones and included a photo of a full-scale TIE fighter on a flatbed truck with the headline “Breaking News: Crashed drone in Orange Beach retrieved from water, and taken to undisclosed location for further investigation”:
It is inconceivable that the federal government has no answers nor has taken any action to get to the bottom of the unidentified drones. The fecklessness of this administration was on display last year when a Chinese surveillance balloon was allowed to fly over the entire… pic.twitter.com/qWqyH3dnkI
— Senator Doug Mastriano (@SenMastriano) December 16, 2024
CNN anchor Jake Tapper and others bombarded Mastriano with enough mockery to blow the wings off a Gondark:
I take the actual drone story seriously but re the below, I’m pretty sure Red Leader Garven Dreis shot down that TIE fighter in ep IV A New Hope https://t.co/MD4nRsZqQ7
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 17, 2024
Good to know I will never be the dumbest state senator in the country. https://t.co/fhYHcG5qa3
— Nate Blouin (@NateForUtah) December 17, 2024
“Can’t park there, mate.” https://t.co/lUfKMDAhIy pic.twitter.com/vfgK069vBp
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 17, 2024
Finally, someone is showing up to restore order on this godforsaken planet of ours. https://t.co/XMJRwnssl0
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) December 17, 2024
Our country is so cooked when sitting Senators can’t recognize a STAR WARS PROP REPLICA! https://t.co/MBOC72g9KR
— Maggie Lovitt (@maggieofthetown) December 17, 2024
He’s going to demand Sheev Palpatine order a full investigation led by the Imperial Senate. The Galactic Empire must be protected. https://t.co/Utg7ncin3Q
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 17, 2024
Why did you post a picture of a replica tie fighter?
Are you stupid? https://t.co/QIHMqCavwC
— MaceAhWindu 🇵🇸 (@MaceAhWindu) December 17, 2024
The photo and headline appeared in a Facebook post, but the picture itself is at least two years old.
