{"id":1338252,"date":"2022-02-24T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338252"},"modified":"2022-02-24T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:37:53","slug":"not-a-joke-john-kerry-is-worried-war-in-ukraine-will-distract-world-leaders-from-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-a-joke-john-kerry-is-worried-war-in-ukraine-will-distract-world-leaders-from-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Not A Joke: John Kerry Is Worried War In Ukraine Will Distract World Leaders From Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-a-joke-john-kerry-is-worried-war-in-ukraine-will-distract-world-leaders-from-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/JohnKerry.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In less than a minute, John Kerry \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s climate czar \u2014 recently illuminated his relative lack of knowledge of both geopolitical events and international threats this past Monday in an interview that is being widely mocked on the internet. First, he admitted he thought countries like Russia weren\u2019t willing start a war to gain new land and second, he stressed his concern that a war in Ukraine will distract Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other world leaders from focusing on tackling climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview set to air on BBC UK, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) flagged that Kerry told the foreign news outlet that he was \u201cconcerned about Ukraine because of the people of Ukraine and because of the principles that are at risk, in terms of international law and trying to change boundaries of international law by force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we lived in a world that had said no to that kind of activity. And I hope diplomacy will win,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry continued, shifting gears to discuss the true threat teaching the world today \u2014 in his mind anyway \u2014 climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it could have a profound negative impact on the climate obviously,\u201d Kerry said about looming war with Russia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/john-kerry-russia-ukraine-war-climate-change\">per<\/a> Fox News. \u201cYou have a war and obviously you\u2019re going to have massive emissions consequences to the war. But equally important, you\u2019re going to lose people\u2019s focus, you\u2019re going to lose certainly big country attention because they will be diverted and I think it could have a damaging impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you know, I think hopefully President Putin would realize that in the northern part of his country, they used to live on 66% of the nation that was over frozen land,\u201d Kerry explained, zeroing in on why Russia should care about global warming, \u201cNow it\u2019s thawing. And his infrastructure is at risk, and the people of Russia are at risk, and so I hope President Putin will help us to stay on track with respect for what we need to do for the climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Kerry: \u201cI hope that President Putin will help us stay on track with respect to what we need to do for the climate.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAEkSeqvpj\">pic.twitter.com\/uAEkSeqvpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1496859864705945603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In reaction, dozens of comments on Twitter blasted Kerry for comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeftist John Kerry is worried that dead Ukrainians will distract from the real problem, the climate!\u201d Townhall columnist and attorney Marina Medvin said, \u201cYes, seriously. He wants Russia to know that warmer climate is their biggest threat. Yes. He said this.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leftist John Kerry is worried that dead Ukrainians will distract from the real problem, the climate!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, seriously.<\/p>\n<p>He wants Russia to know that warmer climate is their biggest threat.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. He said this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIptfPfDlB\">pic.twitter.com\/pIptfPfDlB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1496908379079458820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is a reason John Kerry is a laughable joke in the state of Massachusetts nowadays and the reason is obvious below: caring about climate change more than the loss of lives is silly in the moment. it\u2019s even more silly when you personally bow down to tyrants,\u201d Twitter user @TheFactualPrep tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">there is a reason john kerry is a laughable joke in the state of massachusetts nowadays and the reason is obvious below: caring about climate change more than the loss of lives is silly in the moment. it\u2019s even more silly when you personally bow down to tyrants. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wKvlONPjEM\">https:\/\/t.co\/wKvlONPjEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kaitlin (@thefactualprep) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thefactualprep\/status\/1496849791032209413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, a spokeswoman for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), added that it was Kerry\u2019s ideology that led to the Ukraine war in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis clown, his ideology, and everything he represents helped cause this entire debacle, so maybe he should sit this one out,\u201d Pushaw tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This clown, his ideology, and everything he represents helped cause this entire debacle, so maybe he should sit this one out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ghGJ56FUyT\">https:\/\/t.co\/ghGJ56FUyT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FoxNews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FoxNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a\ud83d\ude9b (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1496898772080734225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kerry currently serves as a representative for the U.S. on the global stage in a very particular role. As reported by The New York Times in 2020, as U.S. climate czar, Kerry flies around from country to country, hoping to change world leaders\u2019 hearts and minds about the pressing issue of climate change:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On Monday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said he would name Mr.\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/22\/climate\/john-kerry-climate.html\">Kerry<\/a>\u00a0his special presidential envoy for\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/01\/world\/europe\/cop26-glasgow-biden-climate.html\">climate<\/a>, creating a new cabinet-level position. In that role, Mr. Kerry will need to convince skeptical global leaders \u2014 burned by the Trump administration\u2019s hostility toward climate science and its rejection of the 2015 Paris Agreement \u2014 that the United States not only is prepared to resume its leadership role but will also stay the course, regardless of the Biden administration\u2019s future.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, it seems that Kerry has failed in convincing Putin to pause and think about climate change as the Russian president continues to wage war on Ukraine, targeting civilians and military structure alike. Kerry, the former U.S. Secretary of State, Massachusetts senator, and failed 2004 presidential candidate, talks the talk on reducing fossil fuels but does not necessarily walk the walk. His family has come under scrutiny for his family owning a private jet and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kerry-family-private-jet-has-taken-sixteen-flights-in-seven-months\"> taking at least 16\u00a0 private flight<\/a>s, burning gasoline across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/03\/john-kerry-took-private-jet-to-iceland-for-climate-award\/\">has defended<\/a> his use of private jets \u2014 such as the one he took to accept an award in Iceland for heroic efforts for the planet \u2014 by saying \u201cIf you offset your carbon, it\u2019s the only choice for somebody like me who is traveling the world to win this battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Kerry can convince the United Nations to sell Putin some carbon credits to help offset his carbon from his new \u201cspecial military operation,\u201d as Putin calls his full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In less than a minute, John Kerry \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s climate czar \u2014 recently illuminated his relative lack of knowledge of both geopolitical events and international threats this past<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}