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2023-07-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Kerry erupts after his private jet use is mocked in House hearing, denies ever owning one

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-14 00:21|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Kerry refuses to identify climate staff by name under questioning from GOP: ‘You’re not going to answer?’

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-14 00:22|| 2023-07-14 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 "We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet.

We don't own it. We lease it. Or charter it as needed. But we don't own it. So there! Neener neener neerer

Say what you will about this climate-grifter, but he has the lawyerly denial thing down pat.

Posted by SteveS 2023-07-14 12:08|| 2023-07-14 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet. I ~~personally have never owned a~~ don't gotta show you no steenkin' private jet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-14 12:09|| 2023-07-14 12:09|| Front Page Top

#4 O.k., let's forget about the "private jet" for a moment and talk about Kerry moving his yacht(s) to another state for tax reasons.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-14 12:12|| 2023-07-14 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 He may not own it, he does however fly in it, gushing all that carbon...

Posted by 49 Pan 2023-07-14 12:17|| 2023-07-14 12:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet.

That's not exactly right - the jet was nicknamed The Flying Squirrel. Technically it wasn't his - it was bought by his second wife's first husband's trust fund.

Posted by Raj 2023-07-14 12:31|| 2023-07-14 12:31|| Front Page Top

#7 I think some flying enthusiasts own their planes. John Travolta, for example. Dweebs like Kerry have leases through LLCs or whatever, so he can technically say he doesn't own a jet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-14 12:36|| 2023-07-14 12:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Owning , Leasing, Co-Opt, Donated air time, or Renting are semantics if his A$$ in in the seat and it is doing what he is peaching against for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-07-14 13:12|| 2023-07-14 13:12|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Agreed. But it's important to remember that these mealy-mouthed stooges believe that the semantics matter. Just like they believe they are important.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-14 13:37|| 2023-07-14 13:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Any bets he has interest in the company he leases the jet from?

Posted by CrazyFool in Texas 2023-07-14 18:40|| 2023-07-14 18:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Disney heiress arrested protesting private jets in ritzy New York community

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-14 21:07|| 2023-07-14 21:07|| Front Page Top

#12 From the article:

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry lashed out at House lawmakers during a committee hearing on Thursday over the criticisms of his use of a private jet that has emitted hundreds of metric tons of carbon, even as he battles climate change.

"I just don'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," Kerry said during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. "We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet. And obviously it's pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here. I just honestly, if that's where you want to go, go."

Kerry, who did not deny traveling on a private jet, was responding to Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who told Kerry that he hoped "it wasn't too problematic for your operational team and your private jet to get here."

Kerry has been widely criticized for advocating for drastic climate change rules while also traveling to events on a private jet that was owned by Flying Squirrel LLC, a charter company owned by Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, and in which Kerry reported owning a more than $1 million stake on a financial disclosure.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-07-14 21:53|| 2023-07-14 21:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Surely we are paying his lease.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-14 22:07|| 2023-07-14 22:07|| Front Page Top

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