Guest “Is the headline really hyperbole?” by David Middleton
‘Black Trees Matter’ — VP Kamala Harris Asks NASA if It Can Track Trees by Race for ‘Environmental Justice’
JOSHUA KLEIN 7 Nov 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris asked NASA if it could use its satellites to track trees “by race” in various neighborhoods as part of “environmental justice” during a recent display on climate change, leading many to ridicule the vice president online and even giving rise to a “Black Trees Matter” hashtag.
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In a clip originally shared by Deputy Director of Rapid Response at Republican National Committee (RNC) Jake Schneider, Harris is seen interrupting a presentation in order to share her “woke” inquiry.
“Can you measure trees — part of that data that you are referring to, [and it’s an issue of] EJ, environmental justice — that you can also track by race their averages in terms of the number of trees in the neighborhoods where people live?”
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“I thought this was a Babylon Bee headline, turns out it’s our totally serious Vice President,” wrote Republican congressional candidate Leon Benjamin.
“Glad she has her priorities straight,” he added.
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Breitbart
I thought this was a Babylon Bee headline, turns out it's our totally serious Vice President.
— Leon Benjamin (@Leon4Congress) November 6, 2021
Glad she has her priorities straight. https://t.co/XcC9Ad4tmD
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Well I’m lost here having read it all a couple of times and watched it I still cannot work out if there is any intelligent life in the White House. maybe it’s like in the silly song about Star Trek
“It’s life Jim but not as we know it”
You wonder how those giving the presentation managed to keep from laughing……..Yeah so that’s why they have mask mandates?
James Bull