'Congressman shakes fist at sky': MAGA lawmaker ridiculed after raging at cloud formations

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), a Trump-endorsed lawmaker and sitting member of the House Intelligence Committee – one of Congress’ most powerful oversight panels – was widely ridiculed over the weekend after railing against aircraft condensation – a common target of debunked conspiracy theories.

“This is ridiculous,” wrote Steube Saturday in a social media post on X, sharing a video of several condensation trails left by aircrafts.

Conspiracy theories around aircraft condensation, or “contrails,” have existed since the 1990s...