One of the universal experiences of parenthood is that sooner rather than later, your child will say something that's simultaneously very dumb, but also endearing because it reflects a view of the world that is very innocent, a view that no adult could possibly have. A child might assume that his teacher lives at school, for example. Then it'll express utter shock and horror

when he sees one of the teachers at the grocery store.

Maybe he'll wonder why the moon is following him around at night

or why people don't just use ATMs to withdraw unlimited money.

Unless you're a chronic marijuana user,

these are not the kind of thoughts you typically have as an adult. It's

simplistic, off-kilter way of thinking, but you give it a pass and find it charming when it's

coming from your five-year-old. When you're scrolling through videos on your phone, though,

and you hear something like this from a sitting member of Congress, on the other hand,

all of the charm is lost. You see, in order to be a member of Congress, you have to be 25 years old

at a minimum, so your frontal cortex has to be relatively well developed, at least in theory.

We have this restriction as minimal as it is because we don't want legislators introducing

bills that guarantee, you know, I don't know, mandatory birthday parties every month. And we also

don't want members of Congress to stand in from a podium and deliver moments like this one,

live on national television. Watch. The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, it was used to detain and deport German,

Japanese, Italian immigrants doing World War 11.

Oh, two.

The phrase jaw-dropping is overused these days, but there's really no better way to describe that footage.

She tells us, without hesitating at all, that this particular law has not been invoked since World War 11.

Yes, World War 11.

Whoever wrote this script for Elon Omar, needless to say, badly overestimated her intelligence in at least two different ways. First of all, of course, she read the Roman numeral 2 as 11, which means that she somehow has no familiarity with the concept of a Roman numeral. We can deduce that she's never opened a history book at any point in her life

or watched a movie sequel or read an outline or paid any attention to the Super Bowl

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