‘That’s A Stupid Question’: John Kerry Snaps At Reporter Asking Him About His ‘Carbon Footprint’ At Davos

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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry lashed out at a reporter who asked him about his “carbon footprint” at the World Economic Forum’s Davos conference on Tuesday.

Kerry will leave his role later this winter to assist President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign because he feels that is the most effective way for him to pursue his preferred climate policies, according to Axios. He neglected to answer questions regarding the “carbon footprint” of the Davos conference, instead snapping at Rebel News Reporter Avi Yemini. (RELATED: Biden Admin Unveils ‘Natural Gas Tax’ Proposal)

🚨CRAZY RAW FOOTAGE: John Kerry’s goons pounce after the US Special Presidential Envoy for CLIMATE found it difficult to justify his carbon footprint in attending the World Economic Forum each year in Davos.

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— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) January 16, 2024

“What’s the carbon footprint of these events every single year that you come here? Think it’s worth it? Peasants pay for your crimes?” Yemini asked Kerry.

“That’s a stupid question,” Kerry responded.

A female member of Kerry’s entourage then appeared to shove Yemini, aggressively telling him the interview was over.

“Don’t grab me. You can’t grab us. This is a free society, mate,” Yemini retorted. “We have freedom of the press. Why do you think you’re more important? Your carbon footprint doesn’t matter.”

“I never suggested that,” Kerry snarled. “Nobody ever suggested that. Don’t make up stupid questions.”

Biden “climate envoy” John Kerry at the World Economic Forum in Davos: “I am not retiring, folks. I want to make that clear. I am shifting my efforts.” pic.twitter.com/Z7GjPaaJJF

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 16, 2024

Yemini told Kerry his appearance as the conference suggests this.

“Don’t make up stupid questions,” Kerry reiterated. He then started to flex the work he has done for the climate, but his remarks got cut off.

As climate czar, Kerry has sought greater cooperation with China on climate change because of its heavy pollution, praising the country in July 2023 for its green initiatives and asserting the country was doing an “incredible job.” He has been Biden’s climate czar for the entirety of Biden’s presidency and has met with numerous world leaders and climate officials, facing criticism for a lack of transparency and suspected cooperation with hardline environmental groups.

Kerry proposed allocating millions of dollars to an international climate reparations fund during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore in November. The fund would give out money to impoverished countries that have allegedly been impacted the most by climate change.

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Alexy Scherbakoff
January 17, 2024 6:00 pm

‘That’s a stupid question’
That’s why asked it of a stupid person.

Mikeyj
Reply to  Alexy Scherbakoff
January 17, 2024 6:06 pm

and an ignorant gigolo. Did I forget grifter?

Reply to  Alexy Scherbakoff
January 17, 2024 6:23 pm

Obviously hit the funny bone on Kerry’s elbow…. or somewhere else. !

It’s almost as though he is well aware he is a RAGING HYPOCRITE!!

Alexy Scherbakoff
Reply to  bnice2000
January 17, 2024 6:50 pm

It’s a difficult question to answer without sounding like a self-important pr!ck.

DavsS
Reply to  Alexy Scherbakoff
January 18, 2024 2:04 am

And it’s really difficult not to sound like one when you are one.

GiraffeOnKhat
Reply to  Alexy Scherbakoff
January 18, 2024 5:10 am

Kerry admits carbon footprints, carbon credits, carbon indulgences, and carbon budgets have no effect on climate.

Reply to  Alexy Scherbakoff
January 18, 2024 5:40 am

We do not care about Kerry’s CO2 footprint.
We care about what nonsense comes out of his mouth, which has not been connected to his brain for decades

Reply to  wilpost
January 18, 2024 5:44 am

Here is another nonsense spouter

The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, scare-mongered about a “boiling earth”.

The Kerry and Guterres pronouncements are relentlessly magnified by the IPCC, associated entities and mainstream Media.They are colluding to keep people misinformed.

COP28 had a gigantic CO2 footprint, with 88,000 registered in the blue zone and 40,000 in the green zone,including the world’s elite, with jet planes, yachts, staying at 5-star hotels, etc.

They spouted a pseudo-science, based on subjective air temperature models for a non-existent problem. 

The image of the temperature models is a distortion of reality, as seen through the lens of biased observers

The essential shortcoming of the IPCC-sanctioned climate models is, they do not reflect the reality of objective data, such as measured by satellites since 1979.

The divergence between subjective, IPCC-sanctioned models and satellite reality is mind boggling. See image 1
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/natural-forces-cause-periodic-global-warming

Reply to  wilpost
January 18, 2024 5:54 am

Oh, do not forget. Kerry is going to help Biden.

The US had a coup d’etat in 2020, and had Jan6 riots to protest that malfeasance by a free people,

Those riots were aided and abetted by Pelosi (in charge of US House security), etc., and FBI, DOJ, etc., in a false flag manner.

That “Election” of someone in the basement was like the Japanese inflicting Pearl Harbor on the US.

January 17, 2024 6:26 pm

I am shifting my efforts….

Does that mean he won’t be flying all over the world in his “wife’s” jets, enjoying sumptuous and lavish hotels and meals of expensive imported steak, etc etc?

Has his hypocrisy got too much, even for him ??

Ed Zuiderwijk
Reply to  bnice2000
January 18, 2024 2:04 am

A shifty bugger, he is.

January 17, 2024 6:30 pm

Has anyone noticed how much Klaus Schwab sounds like Greta ? !!!

Scissor
Reply to  bnice2000
January 17, 2024 7:33 pm

They deserve this mockery.

January 17, 2024 6:50 pm

And yet, Lurch is eager to lecture everyone else about how we should live our lives. F-off, John.

Curious George
Reply to  Shoki
January 17, 2024 7:02 pm

Remember his greatest achievement, the Iran deal. A lot of good it brought.

Reply to  Curious George
January 18, 2024 6:22 am

It brought the current blowup in the Middle East. The Mad Mullahs didn’t have any funds until Kerry and Biden came along. After that, the Mad Mullahs got tens of billions of dollars, and they are funding the military outbreaks currently occurring.

It looks like the U.S. and the Mad Mullahs are on a collision course. Not because of Biden, but because of the increasing aggression of the Mad Mullahs. It’s almost like the Mad Mullahs have no fear of Biden.

This is what appeasement of murderous dictators gets you: More aggression. Why should they stop if you are not going to do anything about it? Democrats, and especially Joe Biden, are totally incompetent when it comes to confronting murderous dictators. Their first instinct is to run, and appease, if running isn’t possible. Joe Biden is a classic example of an appeaser. Joe would give up his lunch money on the playground. He creates international problems, he doesn’t fix them.

Reply to  Curious George
January 18, 2024 7:28 am

Gee . . . and all along I thought it was his public act of throwing away between six and nine combat medals/ribbons he was awarded for his service in the Vietnam War
— ref: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=123495&page=1#:~:text=John%20Kerry%20claimed%20in%20a,TV%20called%20Viewpoints%20on%20Nov.

MarkW
Reply to  ToldYouSo
January 18, 2024 8:16 am

It later turned out, that the medals he threw, weren’t his own.

Reply to  ToldYouSo
January 19, 2024 3:33 am

I like Bob Dole’s take on John Kerry’s medals:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/recent-accusations-by-fellow-swift-boat-veterans-impact-john-kerrys-campaign

BOB DOLE:

“As far as I know, he’s [Kerry] never spent one day in the hospital. I don’t think he draws any disability pay. He doesn’t have any disability and boasting about three purple hearts when you think of some of the people who really got shot up in Vietnam.”

end excerpt

The rest of the article is just focused on defending Kerry. After all, it is the leftwing PBS.

If you want to learn about Kerry’s “service”, you should search for “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth”. They will tell you how “brave” John Kerry was.

You should also do a search on “Winter Soldier” and John Kerry. See how Kerry tried to undermine the Vietnam war effort.

John Kerry called his fellow Vietnam service members “baby killers” and “torturers” in front of Congress and the whole world. Vietnam veterans don’t like being lied about by the likes of John Kerry.

Anyone who is actually interested in the Vietnam war should read the book, “Stolen Valor” by B.G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley. This book tells the real story of the Vietnam war and aftermath, not the leftwing, anti-war version one usually gets from American media or a google search.

John Kerry is a dispicable, dangerous human being. His latest dangerous move is enabling the Mad Mullahs of Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, and pushing a climate change agenda that will bankrupt the Western world.

John Kerry is Bad News.

Chris Hanley
January 17, 2024 7:07 pm

… asserting the country [China] was doing an “incredible job”

Kerry is a willing fool.
By 2022 China had overtaken the UK in per cap CO2 emissions and looks like overtaking the US within a decade.

Chris Hanley
Reply to  Chris Hanley
January 17, 2024 7:12 pm

On current trends.

Reply to  Chris Hanley
January 18, 2024 6:23 am

The Chicoms were not very friendly on Kerry’s last visit.

MarkW
Reply to  Tom Abbott
January 18, 2024 8:18 am

Aggressors are usually only polite towards those they need, or those they are afraid of.

CD in Wisconsin
January 17, 2024 7:43 pm

“Kerry proposed allocating millions of dollars to an international climate reparations fund during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore in November. The fund would give out money to impoverished countries that have allegedly been impacted the most by climate change.”

Marxist wealth redistribution by any other name…… How about economic development instead?

Climate alarmism cannot be allowed to die because it will be another terrible blow to the global Marxist movement (after the fall of the USSR).

John the Econ
January 17, 2024 7:56 pm

“Don’t ask me embarrassing questions that make me look like the hypocrite I am.”

January 17, 2024 8:29 pm

Why the long face, John?

M14NM
Reply to  Independent
January 17, 2024 8:47 pm

Facelift gone horribly wrong! Film at 11!

January 17, 2024 8:43 pm

So the Democrats are going have two geriatrics riding around in the limo? Don’t count on it. Biden’s incumbency may not be an advantage and the party leadership may come to that conclusion. Why not a primary for the Dem’s candidate? Because Mrs. Obama would likely be the winner. As the campaign moves along a third term for BHO looks more and more possible.

Reply to  general custer
January 18, 2024 5:43 am

No, you can’t have Kerry and Biden in the same Limo; the buildup of gas would be far too dangerous.

Reply to  general custer
January 18, 2024 6:30 am

That would be the same Michelle Obama who said she had never felt any pride in the United States until the day her husband was elected president?

I can’t vote for a person who doesn’t appreciate the United States. I think I have a lot of company.

What about poor Kamala?

And I saw Michelle Obama speaking on tv the other day, and I swear this is true, at first I wasn’t sure if I was listening to Michelle or Kamala. It was really strange.

Michelle Obama has NO qualifications to serve as president. The nation would be just as well served if the Democrats picked a random nominee out of some phone book.

George Daddis
Reply to  Tom Abbott
January 18, 2024 6:56 am

Better off.
Bill Buckley proposed picking names at random from the Boston phone book for Senate membership.

Reply to  George Daddis
January 18, 2024 10:58 am

Probably just as good as strange women lying in ponds distributing swords.

mikelowe2013
January 18, 2024 1:01 am

All that good-living must have gone to his head, to the point where he really does think himself smarter than the average person – despite his obviously non-existent technical knowledge and incredible stupidity. It explains how Biden has chosen him to assist in the President’s re-election, which will NEVER happen!

MarkW
Reply to  mikelowe2013
January 18, 2024 8:26 am

From the reports of those who served along side him in Vietnam, that attitude has been a feature of his for a long, long time.

MarkW
Reply to  mikelowe2013
January 18, 2024 8:28 am

There was a quote from the 2004 election, where Kerry allegedly whined, “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy.”

Rod Evans
January 18, 2024 1:02 am

Question:-
“Mr Kerry, have you stopped being a hypocrite?”
Answer:- ?

January 18, 2024 1:05 am

Shhh!! You’re exposing the charade that fills the coffers of me and my cronies!

MarkW
Reply to  Tommy2b
January 18, 2024 8:29 am

Ignore that puppet behind the curtain.

UK-Weather Lass
January 18, 2024 1:08 am

Whenever Mr Misinformation Kerry opens his mouth the lies cannot help themselves and come tumbling out even regarding the legitimacy of the questions he is being asked.

“Why on earth is this bigot allowed out on the streets?” is another question US citizens could be asking of POTUS which will also get an incoherent or dishonest answer.

January 18, 2024 1:19 am

Ah forget it. Old mate Kerry will be out of a job in November, ya reckon..

January 18, 2024 1:24 am

Don’t be so harsh with Kerry’s carbon footprint. This man is saving, not only the planet, but the all Universe.

Ed Zuiderwijk
January 18, 2024 2:03 am

Anybody who praises China for its climate ‘initiatives’ is a gullible dupe who should be kept as far away as possible from the levers of power.

January 18, 2024 2:13 am

No such thing as a stupid question
Only stupid answers, saying “that’s a stupid question” is the prime example.

DFJ150
January 18, 2024 2:48 am

The hubris of this narcissistic windbag is off the chart. Given the sheer volume of his noxious gaseous oral emissions, an elegant solution would be to permanently fix him in place facing a large wind farm. He’d have those turbine blades whirling 24/7.

Reply to  J Boles
January 18, 2024 5:52 am

Well that would be rather unfortunate. If Kerry is right, then it means practically the whole US Federal Government is locked into a left-wing effort to misuse taxpayers money and destroy the United States. A lot of arrests might need to be made to clean house.

Reply to  J Boles
January 18, 2024 7:05 am

Good article.

Kerry and Naomi Oreskes are indulging in wishful thinking when they say one politician can’t change the narrative on climate change.

If we elect Donald Trump as president, I’m sure he will pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement again. The climate alarmist momentum won’t stop that from happening.

And the climate alarmist momentum is being pushed back on from several fronts today like the demonstrating farmers in Germany.

A new, climate change skeptic president might give such push back some wings.

John and Naomi are whistling past the graveyard, imo.

George Daddis
Reply to  J Boles
January 18, 2024 7:05 am

“…will we get there in time to meet the challenge of the scientists…?”
Which scientists, John?

Certainly not respected scientists like John Christie or Roy Spencer (NASA Distinguished Scientists); nor Drs Lindzen and Happer who just published a devastating article on why the current “Climate” theories of Kerry et al violate the Scientific Method and do NOT substantiate the changes alarmists suggest.

ozspeaksup
January 18, 2024 5:45 am

STORY TIP
cant believe this is real…foot shooting bigtime theres some maths in it someone might check
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/biden-weighs-banning-natural-gas-exports-save-climate

imagine eu wont be happy about this

January 18, 2024 6:07 am

John Kerry is one of the most dispicable human beings in existence. We should not be listening to such a man, and should not be following any directions he might give us.

Here’s an example of his destructive behavior:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/05/politics/john-kerry-iran-deal/index.html

John Kerry engaging in shadow diplomacy to salvage Iran deal: The Boston Globe

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

Mon May 7, 2018

Washington CNN —

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has been engaging in shadow diplomacy to try to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, a major diplomatic achievement of his, according to a new report.

Over recent months, Kerry has been holding meetings and speaking with big players in the Iran nuclear agreement, who, like Kerry, do not want President Donald Trump to withdraw the US from the deal, The Boston Globe reported.

Trump condemned Kerry’s reported engagement on Monday.

“The United States does not need John Kerry’s possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran Deal. He was the one that created this MESS in the first place!” Trump tweeted.”

end excerpt

Kerry was encouraging the Iranians not to make a deal with Trump but to hold out until after the next election when a Democrat might get the presidency and give more favorable treatment to the Mad Mullahs.

Trump said had he been elected in 2020, the Mad Mullahs were ready to make a deal because Trump and his sanctions had the Mad Mullahs in a very difficult position, with little money available, and they would have made a deal soon after Trump’s election.

But, things worked out the way Kerry thought, and Biden came in and immediately made it possible for the Mad Mullahs to acquire tens of billions of dollars which they subsequently used to set the Middle East on fire, and the fire is going to just keep growing. Thanks to John Kerry and Joe Biden.

Everything these guys do is harmful to the United States and they have been doing this kind of stuff for decades. We will be lucky to survive these fools. They screw up everything they touch, with dire consequences for millions of innocent human beings.

January 18, 2024 7:20 am

Hey, John Kerry, a bit of age-old advice for you (not that you will understand or appreciate it):

“If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”

Reply to  ToldYouSo
January 18, 2024 10:57 am

We cannot stand you
Get out of our hot kitchen

Reply to  wilpost
January 18, 2024 1:25 pm

“our”?

Bob
January 18, 2024 12:53 pm

John Kerry is a @#$&*(. ()’l. That’s the best I can say. Giving money to people, organizations or countries is not the answer. We have lots better ways to use our tax dollars than giving it away.

Edward Katz
January 18, 2024 2:17 pm

It’s not just Kerry that tries to justify his carbon footprint. It’s all the rest of the eco-alarmists enviro-academics, bureaucrats, and assorted freeloaders who won’t hesitate to run to conferences like COP, even though they know they won’t achieve anything. But after all, why let carbon footprints get in the way of a taxpayer-funded free ride

Eamon Butler
January 19, 2024 5:08 pm

No. Seriously, answer the question.