{"id":1972384,"date":"2023-07-13T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-fumes-over-private-jet-question-gets-checked-under-oath\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:37:54","slug":"john-kerry-fumes-over-private-jet-question-gets-checked-under-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-fumes-over-private-jet-question-gets-checked-under-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kerry angered by private jet inquiry, faces scrutiny under oath."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fjohn-kerry-fumes-over-private-jet-question-gets-checked-under-oath%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=1972384&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--><h2>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s Climate Czar John Kerry Clashes with Republican Lawmaker Over Private Jets<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-edits-exchange-with-fla-gov-desantis-reporter\/\" title=\"\u201960 Minutes\u2019 edits exchange with Fla. Gov. DeSantis, reporter\">fiery exchange<\/a> during a House subcommittee hearing, Republican Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) took a jab at John Kerry, President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me\/\" title=\"Climate Czar John Kerry On Private Jet Travel: \u2018It\u2019s The Only Choice For Somebody Like Me\u2019\">climate czar<\/a>, regarding his use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-reveals-hypocrisy-on-climate-policy\/\" title=\"John Kerry reveals hypocrisy on climate policy\">private jets<\/a>. Mills quipped, &#8220;I hope it wasn&#8217;t too problematic for your operational team and your private jet to get here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kerry, known for his advocacy against global warming, did not take the comment lightly. He responded, &#8220;I just don&#8217;t agree with your facts, which began with the presentation of one of the most outrageously persistent lies that I hear, which is this private jet. We don&#8217;t own a private jet. I don&#8217;t own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet. And obviously it&#8217;s pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here. Honestly, if that&#8217;s where you want to go, go there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Kerry: &#8220;We don&#8217;t own a private jet. I don&#8217;t own a private jet. I&#8217;ve personally have never owned a private jet. And, obviously, it&#8217;s pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here. Honestly, if that&#8217;s where you want to go, go there!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEOmMsfoKK\">pic.twitter.com\/yEOmMsfoKK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1679518668101746695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The discussion continued as Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) pressed Kerry further on the issue. Waltz reminded Kerry that he was under oath and entered into the record a Fox News report from February that revealed Kerry&#8217;s family had sold their private jet, a Gulfstream GIV-SP, after it garnered attention for its frequent trips and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-fumes-over-private-jet-question-gets-checked-under-oath\/\" title=\"John Kerry angered by private jet inquiry, faces scrutiny under oath.\">significant carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> since the start of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">REP. WALTZ: &#8220;You just testified under oath that you never owned a private jet\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CLIMATE ENVOY JOHN KERRY: &#8220;My wife owned a plane. [\u2026] I do not fly on a private jet. I fly commercially\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>REP. WALTZ: &#8220;Have you flown a private jet in a personal or official capacity since\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4aIzab8Yev\">pic.twitter.com\/4aIzab8Yev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1679551437452312576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked if he stood by his testimony, Kerry clarified that his wife, Teresa Heinz, the heiress to the Heinz ketchup fortune, owned a plane. Kerry stated that he primarily travels on commercial flights but admitted to taking some military flights and possibly one trip on a private jet in a personal or official capacity since assuming the role of climate czar.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing concerns of hypocrisy, Kerry emphasized, &#8220;We&#8217;re not asking Americans not to fly. You&#8217;re trying to create an unequal thing. We&#8217;re not saying, &#8216;Don&#8217;t fly.'&#8221; He also expressed his willingness to provide Congress with records of his official, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-republicans-push-back-against-californias-ban-on-state-funded-travel-to-the-bluegrass-state\/\" title=\"Kentucky Republicans Push Back Against California\u2019s Ban On State-Funded Travel To The Bluegrass State\">taxpayer-funded travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s climate czar, John Kerry, criticized a Republican lawmaker who joked about private jet travel. Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) made the jest during a House subcommittee hearing on Chinese solar panels. Kerry responded to the quip, expressing his hope for a serious discussion on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1972385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972384","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}