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False claim

The article says that he made a "false claim" regarding his statement that the temperature 'stopped rising ten years ago' and then uses a link from the Washington post that is not written by a scientist and does not even source it's own claim that Bridenstine's claim is false.

Provided requested reference (one of many available) to scientific literature and reference to popular recounting Joalkap (talk) 16:51, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From the article in question ... "Perhaps a bigger question is his stance on earth and climate science. From the House floor in 2013, Bridenstine said that “global temperatures stopped rising 10 years ago,” which is incorrect <<ACCORDING TO WHOM??<<. In a 2016 interview with Aerospace America, he said that the climate “has always changed,” though remained open to “studying it.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.200.127.217 (talk) 06:48, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

early 2012 comment

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2012

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The guy is a candidate, not a politician. He is not noteworthy yet (though he may be if he gets elected) Buffalodan (talk) 16:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He passes WP:GNG. His upset primary win, knocking off the incumbent, has been covered extensively on a national basis. He is a virtual lock to win the general election in the overwhelmingly Republican Oklahoma 1st District (and if by some extraordinary event he doesn't, that would be notable as well!) There's nothing to be gained by deleting this article now. --Arxiloxos (talk) 14:17, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

- Okay. I did a quick google and everything came up from Tulsa news sources. But if the guy gets mentioned in HuffPost (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/27/oklahoma-primary-results-2012_n_1629540.html) and the LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-tea-party-favorite-tops-fiveterm-congressman-in-oklahoma-primary-20120627,0,1762255.story) that works for me. Buffalodan (talk) 21:46, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rocket Racing

Bridenstine was apparently involved in sponsoring/leading a team in the not-quite-off-the-ground-yet Rocket Racing League; he apparently flew one of the rocket racers in the Oklahoma airshow in 2010. Here is a source. ^[1] I imagine many more could be found in the Oklahoma press around the time of the April 2010 event mentioned, and sourced, on that article page.

"The Rocket Racing League announced a "2010 World Exhibition Tour" on April 24, 2010, when they unveiled their Mark-III X-racer rocket plane at the QuikTrip Air & Rocket Racing Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This was the first time RRL demonstrated two rocket racers in the air at the same time. The league's intent in such exhibitions is to "build up the league's fan base, in addition to perfecting operations and technologies, before the league's official launch in 2012."[15]"

Not sure this is worth much for this article on the congressman, but it seems usual to have a bit of personal and hobby descriptive stuff in these sorts of WP:BLP articles. Cheers. N2e (talk) 05:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a specific source that mentions the pilot is Jim Bridenstine: Blast Off With Rocket League Racing, August 2008, NewsOn6.com

References

^ Rocket Racing League Teams, Rocket Racing League website, 2010, accessed 2012-12-15. "Official team recruitment will commence as the production-level Rocket Racers near completion. Early candidate teams of the RRL franchise include Bridenstine Rocket Racing, Santa Fe Racing, Rocket Star Racing,, Team Extreme Rocket Racing, and Canada-based Beyond Gravity Rocket Racing."

Need for correction

Under "2012 Election", the wrong congressional district is named: "In November, he defeated Democratic nominee John Olson 63%-32% in Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district." Should be 1st — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.95.233.37 (talk) 12:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

December 2013

I would hope the article is no longer flagged for deletion. This morning, a brother priest asked me if I had thoughts or suggestions about what comments to include at an event which is intended to lobby for the congressman's support of something related to the dream Act students. I found it very useful that there is a Wikipedia article on the congressman, and personally, I think it should be considered automatic that all elected officials in federal Government ought to have articles, even if only to say that they are elected officials currently serving in the federal government. FrRob (talk) 16:53, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meets notability -- unflagged

As he was elected, he meets notability guidelines. The flag above, is now "unindexed" by placing a colon inside the brackets. – S. Rich (talk) 16:35, 22 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Missing section of Bridenstine's life/career

The article is missing what Jim Bridenstine did career-wise between the end of his active duty (full time) military service in 2007 and the time he entered politics in 2013. That is six years. Being in the military reserves or Air National Guard is very part time, a few weeks a year and a weekend or so each month, unless participating in a military deployment. But even those deployments are just a year or so duration.

What career did Bridenstine pursue during those six years? Or, if not a "career" in the ordinary sense, what jobs did he hold? N2e (talk) 02:55, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To address N2e's concern, he might have been full-time in the Air National Guard. Both the Reserves and Guard have full-time options available in a few different flavors: Title 32 Technicians (Work in uniform, are held to military standards at work, but are paid on a GS pay-scale), Title 5 Technicians (Work in civilian dress and standards, are paid on a GS pay-scale), or AGR (Almost the same as active duty, but you work with the Reserves/Guard. You are employed via military orders.).

A lot of signs point to Jim Bridenstine no longer being in the Air National Guard. He likely retired at or near his 20 year mark. I work in the military and his contact info is not in the global address list. Obviously, I cannot source this information, but maybe someone can find something about him retiring from the military. Obergarige (talk) 22:15, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which date of birth is correct?

The article has a date without reference, while this website lists a similar date but one exact month earlier. Is the following source trust worthy? If so, please add whichever date is most likely the correct one. https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/135894/jim-bridenstine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Addeps3 (talk • contribs) 22:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

B. step down

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/10/tech/nasa-administrator-biden-jim-bridenstine-scn/index.html

Anti-LGBTQ+ Statements

Just came accoss stances from Jim about LGBTQ+ people and laws^[1] and I didn't see it anywhere in the actical. I think that it is importent enough to be in there. Is there some reason why it has not be included?

--AF573 (talk) 10:50, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"—Opposed marriage equality and sponsored several pieces of legislation seeking to ban and/or limit equal access for same-sex couples."

Like The Obamas and the Clintons?

74.88.71.82 (talk) 22:42, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.glaad.org/tap/jim-bridenstine

[1] Rocket Racing League Teams, Rocket Racing League website, 2010, accessed 2012-12-15. "Official team recruitment will commence as the production-level Rocket Racers near completion. Early candidate teams of the RRL franchise include Bridenstine Rocket Racing, Santa Fe Racing, Rocket Star Racing,, Team Extreme Rocket Racing, and Canada-based Beyond Gravity Rocket Racing."

[2] ttps://www.glaad.org/tap/jim-bridenstine

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