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John Kerry took private jet to Iceland for environmental award, called it 'only choice for somebody like me'
Fox News ^ | 2/3/2021 | MountainWalker

Posted on 02/03/2021 11:03:18 AM PST by MountainWalker

President Biden's recently appointed climate czar, John Kerry, took a private jet to Iceland in 2019 to receive the Arctic Circle award for climate leadership, Fox News has learned.

Kerry defended his high-pollution ride at the time, calling it "the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle" in an interview obtained by Fox News. The incident had not been previously reported in the American press.

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Icelandic reporter Jóhann Bjarni Kolbeinsson confronted Kerry at the event over his choice of transportation, asking: "I understand that you came here with a private jet. Is that an environmental way to travel?"

Kerry responded by claiming that it was the only way. "If you offset your carbon -- it's the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle," Kerry said.

"I negotiated the Paris Accords for the United States," he added, referring to the multilateral climate agreement signed while he was secretary of state under President Obama.

"I've been involved with this fight for years. I negotiated with [Chinese] President Xi to bring President Xi to the table so we could get Paris. And, I believe, the time it takes me to get somewhere, I can't sail across the ocean. I have to fly, meet with people and get things done," Kerry said, sidestepping the fact that he chose a private jet over a commercial flight.

"But, what I'm doing, almost full time," he continued, "is working to win the battle on climate change, and in the end, if I offset and contribute my life to do this, I'm not going to be put on the defensive."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 2019; agw; bidenvoters; carboncredits; china; climatehoax; egotrip; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hypocrisy; iceland; johnkerry; kerry; massachusetts; parisaccord; parisaccords; prc; privatejet; xi
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To: TigerClaws

Exactly. Notify me when they all sell their properties. Then i’ll think about Climate Change


21 posted on 02/03/2021 11:15:57 AM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: MountainWalker

Kerry gonna do what he wanna do and there ain’t nothin’ you can do!

According to him, anyways...

Setting another precedent for self-entitled elites worldwide.


22 posted on 02/03/2021 11:16:25 AM PST by W. (And now, more beer, and Les Nessman!)
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To: MountainWalker

The famous Kerry Mariner family that took drugs to China for the Opium wars cannot find a boat? Crazy world!


23 posted on 02/03/2021 11:17:26 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: MountainWalker

They ought to get him, Mitt Romney and James Earl Jones to have a three way debate about something so that we can fully appreciate stentorian tones.


24 posted on 02/03/2021 11:17:49 AM PST by HIDEK6 (F God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: MountainWalker

“Somebody like me”. Oh, brother. “I’m special”. Yeah, Johnnyboy, we know.


25 posted on 02/03/2021 11:19:12 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: MountainWalker

Lerch Kerry might be correct, if he were on a commercial flight, there might be a real insurrection and he could be bound and gagged by any real patriots on the plane...

Having him fly alone in a private jet might be the only alternative for his personal safety..


26 posted on 02/03/2021 11:19:37 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: MountainWalker
Wow, just in this excerpt:

'I' references - 9

'Me' references - 4

27 posted on 02/03/2021 11:20:48 AM PST by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: Old Yeller

So I really got screwed.
I paid to go to Antarctica AND paid taxes the year Kerry went for free.


28 posted on 02/03/2021 11:21:20 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: MountainWalker

“The people want me to have a mansion.”


29 posted on 02/03/2021 11:22:44 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: MountainWalker

Did he take James Taylor with him??


30 posted on 02/03/2021 11:23:19 AM PST by SMARTY (“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill)
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To: circlecity

“Somebody like me” -—> World’s most renowned gigolo.


31 posted on 02/03/2021 11:23:35 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: MountainWalker

John F’n Kerry, who served in Vietnam


32 posted on 02/03/2021 11:23:47 AM PST by mykroar (God speed, President Trump)
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To: MountainWalker
Howie Carr,an outstanding local Boston talk host,calls Kerry “Live Shot” because he loves being in front of a camera so much. We must admit that “Live Shot” is worthy of a certain respect...how many guys in human history have married a billion and a half dollars in their lives?
33 posted on 02/03/2021 11:24:20 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: MountainWalker

Did he also say “Do you know who I am?”


34 posted on 02/03/2021 11:24:36 AM PST by Exit148
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To: MountainWalker

I hope I out live this POS.....


35 posted on 02/03/2021 11:25:15 AM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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To: Osage Orange

This a hole is absolutely the most tone deaf clueless snob on the planet.


36 posted on 02/03/2021 11:29:03 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: MountainWalker

Whatever happened to the Kerry/Kasich climate partnership? Seems like someone got a reach around, lol. John Kasich, definition of useful idiot once again.


37 posted on 02/03/2021 11:29:21 AM PST by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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To: MountainWalker

Always good to be special. Not so good to be a serf...

When the green game is played out, who will be reduced to riding bicycles, or walking?

A few will still have lights and all the perks.


38 posted on 02/03/2021 11:33:56 AM PST by zek157
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To: MountainWalker

Too bad it didn’t crash. But I wouldn’t want the pilot to die. So maybe he’d crash his bicycle into a glacier. I’m sorry folks. I can’t help but wish the worst for these Aholes.


39 posted on 02/03/2021 11:34:33 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: MountainWalker

Why are you peasants questioning your “betters”?


40 posted on 02/03/2021 11:36:18 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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