Kerry denies owning a family jet, gets upset.

The U.S. special presidential envoy for climate denies private jet ownership

The U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry, vehemently denied allegations on Thursday that he owned a private jet. Speaking before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, Kerry addressed questions about a plane that belonged to his wife’s family before being sold last year.

During the hearing, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) pressed Kerry on whether he owned a private jet and if he had used it during his time in the Biden administration. Waltz emphasized that this was not a partisan attack but a concern about hypocrisy when asking Americans to make sacrifices for the common good.

“When we are asking Americans to make serious sacrifices as we transition for the common good,” he added. “And if your family and or yourself are flying around on private jets, that smacks of hypocrisy.”

Kerry responded by stating that he had used the private jet “possibly once” since his appointment as Biden’s climate envoy and before the aircraft was sold by his wife’s family. When pressed further, Kerry firmly stated, “We don’t own a private jet. I don’t own a private jet, I, personally, have never owned a private jet.”

He also criticized the idea of using a private jet to travel from the State Department to the hearing location on Capitol Hill, calling it “pretty stupid.” The State Department confirmed that the plane in question had been sold due to environmental concerns.

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State Department spokesperson confirms the sale

In February, a State Department spokesperson, Whitney Smith, confirmed that the plane previously owned by Kerry’s wife’s family had been sold the previous summer. Smith emphasized that Secretary Kerry travels commercially in his role as special presidential envoy for climate.

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