[RedMonqey]

she talked "proudly" of fighting global warming "while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures."”

Huh ??? Fake snow???

virtual

adj. 1. Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo. 2. Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text. 3. Computers a. Existing as or by means of digital media: a virtual classroom. b. Relating to or existing in virtual reality: a virtual encounter in a chatroom. c. Emulating the function of another system or device.

[boop]

"proudly" of fighting global warming "while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures."”

No, it was literally "existential" snow and cold.