RI Senator Pretends to Know 'Tyson DeGrassy' Misquotes Father of Constitution

In Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz’s opposition to a resolution for a Rhode Island “Day of Reason” on the Senate floor, she demonstrated precisely why the resolution is necessary.

The Senator embarrassingly stood on the Senate floor and read a fake James Madison quote, presumably from either social media or ChatGPT, trampling the principles of the Father of the American Constitution. She falsely claimed Madison said America's future was staked on governance that was "according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments."

Madison never said this. It is harder to find the fake quote than it is to find the torrent of historians debunking it. She was actually quoting 1950s Notre Dame Dean Clarence Manion, who had referenced Madison’s writings then added his own commentary on top. Madison's true view on this issue was unambiguous: "There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant usurpation."

To establish her credibility, the Senator pretended to know of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Unfortunately this rang hollow, for in her bumbling attempt to invoke him in an argument he would not support, she called him "Tyson DeGrassy” in a blunder only conceivable if her notes were written by AI.

Senator de la Cruz began her tirade by accusing the resolution's supporters of “historical illiteracy.” The irony speaks for itself.

The Senator’s attempts to mischaracterize the resolution show she simply wasn’t capable of engaging with its contents.