MAGA Lawmaker Tries To Explain What 'Chemtrails' Are After Proposing Bonkers Ban—And It Doesn't Go Well

MAGA Republican lawmakers in the Louisiana House of Representatives passed state bill 46 (SB46) on May 29 to ban "chemtrails" in Louisiana airspace.

One of the bill's major proponents, MAGA Representative Kimberly Landry Coates, claimed SB46 was necessary because "chemtrails" are altering the weather. Speaking on the House floor, Coates said she is concerned about the white streaks she has seen in the sky, claiming they create clouds and affect weather patterns.

But when pressed for details by Democratic House members, Coates struggled to answer any of their questions or to provide any proof to back her claims.

You can see news coverage with clips of the House discussion here:

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Coates said:

"This bill is to prevent any chemicals above us in the air, specifically to modify the weather."

Air and water are indeed made of chemicals, and both do affect the weather, but they don't get into Earth's atmosphere by being sprayed by planes.

Louisiana Democratic state Representative Candace Newell asked Coates about the chemicals she thinks are in the "chemtrails."

Representative Newell asked:

“Other than the nanoparticles of aluminum, what else have you found?"

Coates responded:

"Barium. There is a few, some with long words that I can’t pronounce."

When asked who is behind her chemtrail conspiracy, Coates responded:

"There are multiple people. Multiple groups, contractors."

She later added:

"So when you look up in the air, you look, watch for the big white lines across the sky."

People mocked the MAGA GOP majority in the Louisiana House of Representatives for even conceiving of SB46.

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The chemtrail conspiracy theory centers on the belief that the white trails of condensation in the sky following high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents sprayed by the planes for nefarious purposes.

Proponents of the conspiracy theory claim contrails dissipate quickly, but any trails that last more than a few seconds are chemical or biological substances sprayed by the plane.

Conspiracy theorists have a laundry list of purposes for chemtrails, including solar radiation management, weather modification, psychological manipulation, human population control, biological or chemical warfare, and testing of biological or chemical agents on the unsuspecting population they'll drift down onto.

They also claim chemtrails are what causes respiratory illnesses like asthma and COPD as well as other health issues, from cancer to autism.

Does Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. know this? Maybe someone should tell him.