MAGA State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-PA) was roasted online after mistaking a Star Wars prop for a captured drone.
In the post on X Monday, Mastriano included a screenshot of the supposedly downed drone with the caption, “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 continental United States before being shot down. Such should be viewed as a threat to our nation and citizens and action is long overdue,” the pro-Trump lawmaker insisted.
“We have recourses and assets in our arsenal to get answers, but I suppose Ukraine is more important to the White House. January 20th can’t come soon enough,” Mastriano added.
However, the image Mastriano posted was not of a drone that residents on the East Coast spotted in recent days, it was actually an image of a replica of a TIE Fighter, which is a fictional spacecraft used by the Sith Empire’s Imperial Fleet in the Star War films
Several users mocked Mastriano for the post, including CNN anchor Jake Tapper who wrote: “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”
Mastriano later claimed that his post was a joke despite his very serious comments.
“You guys on the extreme left totally need a sense of humor,” Mastriano told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “No kidding it’s a Star Wars prop.”
While it remains unclear where the drones are coming from, authorities and the White House have assured people that they are “lawful” and “legal.”
In a joint statement, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said that there is “no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.”
