Thanks to a radical offensive from the White House, the Smithsonian has generated far more political headlines lately than it’s accustomed to, but it’s a safe bet the institution isn’t accustomed to the kind of criticisms it recently received from Rep. Eric Burlison.
In an interview that was published online two weeks ago, the Missouri Republican congressman appeared on a conservative media outlet and referenced his belief that giant humans once existed. As Meidas Touch News reported, Burlison specifically said he would appear at “a conference focused on fringe topics including the biblical Nephilim — figures in Genesis that some interpret as the giant offspring of angels and human women.”
After an exchange about angels and “interdimensional travel,” Burlison added that he believed the Smithsonian might be hiding skeletal evidence that would prove the existence of past giants — and he hoped to use his role on the House Oversight Committee to investigate this further.
This week, one of the GOP congressman’s colleagues made some related comments. The Hill reported:
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said during a Wednesday podcast episode with Joe Rogan that lawmakers have seen evidence of ‘interdimensional beings.’ … ‘I think that they can actually operate through the time spaces that we currently have,’ Luna said during the podcast.
Unlike Burlison, who largely emphasized his personal beliefs, the Florida Republican suggested on the air that she’s aware of evidence.
“And that’s not something that I came up with on my own. That’s based on stuff that we’ve seen. That’s based on information that we’ve been told,” Luna told Rogan. She added, “What I can tell you without getting into classified conversations is that there have been incidences that I believe were very credible people have reported that there have been movements outside of time and space. Based on the photos that I’ve seen, I’m very confident that there’s things out there that have not been created by mankind.” Last year, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gained national notoriety when he started telling the public that Republicans are “just weird.” Occasionally, the Democrat’s comments come to mind.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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