Most people look up at the sky and see a few clouds, maybe a jet passing overhead, and go about their day.
Not Rep. Clint Hostetler.
When Clint looks up, he sees a government conspiracy—a sinister operation involving commercial airlines, shadowy elites, and whatever nonsense he just watched on Truth Social. Because, you see, Rep. Hostetler is convinced that chemtrails are real.
And he won’t shut up about it.
Every time a social media account posts a video of a jet leaving a totally normal contrail, Clint races to repost it from his Idaho legislative campaign account like he just cracked the Da Vinci Code. The government is spraying us, he insists. Wake up, people. It’s going to turn the frogs gay!
It’s the kind of thing you expect from the guy muttering to himself in the checkout line at Walmart, not an elected official in the Idaho State House.
One quick glance at his X post timeline and, well, you’ll see…
You get the idea. Clint Hostetler is obsessed with chemtrails.
A Quick Science Lesson for the Chemtrail Caucus
Contrails—short for “condensation trails”—form when hot engine exhaust hits cold air at high altitudes, causing water vapor to condense into ice crystals. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. It’s basic science.
Contrails have been visible in the sky for as long as we’ve had airplanes flying at high altitudes—but that hasn’t stopped the tinfoil hat brigade from convincing themselves that Delta Airlines is part of a grand population control scheme funded by George Soros.
What Happens When You Elect Imbeciles
You’d think having a lawmaker who believes in chemtrails would be rock-bottom for Idaho politics. Nope, Idaho’s far-right never fails to disappoint.
Sen. Tammy Nichols recently introduced a bill to regulate “weather modification.” Because, of course, when you believe that the government controls the weather, the next logical step is to start legislating them.
The bill itself—S1065—is full-blown paranoia, packed with vague language about needing “oversight” on weather control programs.
It’s the legislative equivalent of screaming at a storm cloud and demanding to see its birth certificate. Many Idahoans were surprised Nichols has not attempted to push a bill regulating Jewish space lasers, uncovered by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The Forecast for Idaho’s Far-Right? Cloudy with a 100% Chance of Stupidity
Clint Hostetler and Tammy Nichols don’t belong in public office. But here we are.
The people of Idaho sent him to them Idaho State House, and now they’re spending their time hunting invisible government chemtrail programs instead of, you know, governing. It’s a total waste of time and taxpayer resources. What’s next? A bill outlawing cannibalism? Oh, wait, never mind.
Do better Idaho.
I taught 7th grade science. These two were definitely not in my class.
Wait until he finds out that, indeed, the trails are dihydrogen oxide.