{"id":1973879,"date":"2023-07-15T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T15:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-roasted-after-suggesting-population-reduction-to-help-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T15:45:02","slug":"kamala-harris-roasted-after-suggesting-population-reduction-to-help-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-roasted-after-suggesting-population-reduction-to-help-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris faces backlash for proposing population reduction to aid the environment."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-roasted-after-suggesting-population-reduction-to-help-the-environment%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=1973879&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>Vice President Kamala Harris Faces Backlash for Population Reduction Remarks<\/h2>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> was roasted this week after she said that population reduction was a way to ensure that future generations would be able to have clean air and water.<\/p>\n<p>Harris made the remarks at Coppin State University in Baltimore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a>, during a speech where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebaltimorebanner.com\/maryland\/kamala-harris-coppin-climate-funding-ZH5DKOOW6NDUBAYMAUCZ6H5YM4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussed<\/a> the designation of $20 billion toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-democrat-leadership-is-terrifying\/\" title=\"Why Democrat Leadership is Terrifying\">green energy projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breath clean air and drink clean water,\u201d Harris said during her speech, prompting reactions from people like Tesla CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VP HARRIS: &#8220;When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breath clean air and drink clean water.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhZzDmkeAM\">pic.twitter.com\/yhZzDmkeAM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1679940886401019905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cReducing population is [nuts],\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1680030451816337411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1680030451816337411%7Ctwgr%5E7d1ea5d3f5151e9c548a5f83f6df05208257f440%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latestly.com%2Fsocially%2Fworld%2Felon-musk-takes-a-dig-at-us-vice-president-kamala-harris-after-she-calls-for-reducing-population-as-part-of-climate-change-movement-5267170.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe need to increase population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Twitter CEO has frequently warned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-concerns-about-declining-birth-rates-china-announces-plan-to-reduce-abortions\/\" title=\"Amid Concerns About Declining Birth Rates, China Announces Plan To Reduce Abortions\">declining birth rates<\/a> across the world, including in the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/musk-again-bucks-the-smart-people-to-warn-against-low-birthing-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once saying that<\/a> \u201cmost people in the world are operating under the false impression that there are too many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1680017451407245312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> by asking, \u201cAre you the population she wants to reduce?\u201d to which Blaze commentator Steve Deace replied, \u201cThomas Malthus lives! Granted, he sounds dumber than I remember\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1680041607104696320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted<\/a>, asking if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> was referring to abortion or assisted suicide. \u201cOr what means are you suggesting to reduce population in [order] to help public health?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eric_Schmitt\/status\/1679965650284863490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that Harris was saying \u201cthe quiet part out loud regarding her and other climate alarmists very anti human ideology and their desire to \u2018reduce population.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReducing population has always been a goal of climate alarmists. It was the premise of John Holdren\u2019s book Ecoscience, and Obama made him climate czar,\u201d political commentator Stephen Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1680030633501032448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/07\/14\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-combatting-climate-change-and-building-a-clean-energy-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a> of Harris\u2019 speech was later edited to cross out the word \u201cpopulation\u201d to replace it with the word \u201cpollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her speech, Harris also said that time was running out to deal with climate issues. \u201cIt is clear that the clock is not only ticking, it is banging and we must act,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly $14 billion of the money discussed by Harris will go toward \u201ctens of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-roasted-after-suggesting-population-reduction-to-help-the-environment\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris faces backlash for proposing population reduction to aid the environment.\">clean energy technology projects<\/a>.\u201d The other $6 billion will be used in green energy efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyu-professor-if-youre-black-youre-not-safe-in-u-s-schools\/\" title=\"NYU Professor: \u2018If You\u2019re Black, You\u2019re Not Safe In U.S. Schools\u2019\">low-income neighborhoods<\/a>, according to the Baltimore Banner.<\/p>\n<p>The money was designated through a fund that was coupled with a bill that was touted as President Joe Biden\u2019s package to fight inflation, but some argued only added to it because of the amount of spending included in the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris faced backlash for suggesting population reduction as a means to secure clean air and water for future generations. Her remarks were made at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, during a speech highlighting the allocation of $20 billion for environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1973880,"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-1973879","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\/1973879","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}