The ride ran until 2017, so it was hardly an old attraction - yet what it stood for, and who it was sponsored by, belies Nye's hypocrisy.

In the hearing, Nye pitched fusion energy research and said, 'If you like to worry about things, you’re living at a great time.'

'America is fine the way it is...'

"I don't know, why do people like The Washington Post say such stupid things?"