Former Secretary of State John Kerry accused President Donald Trump of lying to Americans about the cost of complying with the Paris climate accord.
Kerry made the remarks at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco Friday, which is being co-hosted by California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and funded by environmental activists.
“For the president to stand up in front of the American people and say it’s too much burden, we have to get out of Paris, and withdraw American leadership from an issue that is life and death is one of the single greatest acts of irresponsibility by a president of the United States anywhere, at any time,” Kerry said.
Trump announced in 2017 he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord that the Obama administration joined in 2016.
Trump said complying with the Paris accord “could cost America as much as 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025,” including “440,000 fewer manufacturing jobs.”
“The cost to the economy at this time would be close to $3 trillion in lost GDP and 6.5 million industrial jobs, while households would have $7,000 less income and, in many cases, much worse than that,” Trump said when announcing his plan to withdraw from the Paris accord.
The Obama administration committed the U.S. to cut greenhouse gas emissions 26 to 28 percent by 2025, while China only promised to “peak” emissions by 2030. India made no commitment to cut emissions.
Kerry said Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria caused $265 billion in damages in 2017, which he said showed the high-cost Americans are already bearing because of unmitigated global warming.
The hurricane costs make up “one-third of the Defense Department budget,” Kerry said.
“It’s more money than we put into the Energy Department, the Commerce Department, the Education Department, and three or four other departments put together. That’s a burden,” Kerry said in his remarks.
However, Kerry neglected to mention the reason hurricane damages have been increasing in recent years is from development in coastal regions in storm-prone areas. Data shows there’s been no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes.
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Scary Kerry this blabbering little pinhead sneering his fat little democratic nose at vietnam vets and his Swiftboat crew so what else dose them mindless microb want to yammer about besides showing what a idiot he is and once having rubbed elbows with Hanoi Jane just read the books UNFIT FOR COMMAND
Kerry’s audience is dwindling, his climate cause is so yesterday.
Someone needs to tell Lurch that the carrot doesn’t control the earths temperature
and he should quit meddling in foreign affairs that he no longer is accountable for .
He needs to write his own anti Trump book to catch Christmas sales .Leaker Comey’s book faded real fast . No he is going to need a fund me drive as the conspiracy to undermine the Trump campaign and presidency gets fully exposed .
Woodward must be desperate for cash to start pumping out tabloid crap .
I look forward to seeing the” journalists exposed who played ball with the FBI / DOJ
releasing classified information to target private citizens and undermine an election . It’s coming .
I ask everyone to do a net search of John Kerry-Heinz.
Read his statements regarding everything currently debatable.
Come away with your own conclusions.
But I am saying
This man is mentally incomprehensible or derangingly sick or just plain a
Leftist extremist ( Communist ) Traitor.
Also, apply the test of logic to any of his
pseudo-argumentation.
Come to your own conclusions.
I thought JK was a joke from the get-go. His James Taylor stunt sealed it forever. Why haven’t the Democrats done an intervention?
He must landed on his head one too many times its scrambled up his brain the proof is that he joined the democratic party
LIAR? We know who The LIARS are John….
Kerry said…. “For the president to stand up in front of the American people and say it’s too much burden, we have to get out of Paris, and withdraw American leadership from an (BOGUS POLITICAL) issue that is life and death is one of the single greatest acts of irresponsibility by a president of the United States anywhere, at any time,”
But what about REAL threats and acting irresponsibility when life and death was REALLY on the line???
Like the Ghouta chemical attack (The deadliest use of chemical weapons since the Iran–Iraq War) which came one year and one day after US President Barack Obama’s 20 August 2012 “red line” remarks.
Kerry said then…. The US ‘Paid a Price’ for not Enforcing Obama’s ‘Red Line’ in Syria. Wait.. Who’s red line John???
NO. Barack Obama (“I” am the commander in chief) should have followed through on HIS infamous “red line” warning to Syria. The United States “paid a price” when Obama acted irresponsibility…. As subsequent Syrian gas victims would tell you… if they could John.
Kerry… just another arrogant empty suit. All politics, appearance and hip deep in progressive BS.
I agree! Kerry’s run for president was remarkable for the lack of vetting by the media. They presented him as one of their own (he is) and always defended him and his wealth. He was glorified as the neo-JFK– windsurfing, running, cycling and yachting through the campaign. He’s a true globalist that believes the only good America is a weak America. We owe a debt of gratitude to the “swift boaters” !
As a people we are fortunate to have survived Obama/Clinton/Kerry but it will take a decade to recover. The propaganda machine literally run to Obama/Biden for sound bites; we must remain vigilant–the swamp is a dangerous place.
And just how did Scary Kerry and the rest of these owl hoots arive in the city by the bay and where will they all be staying? not in tents or grass huts they will all be staying in fancy hotels with electricity and running water the same things the Eco-Wackos want to ban or regulate they came in private or commercial jets and were driven there in gas guzzling limos and just think of all the cash the greens shelled out for this little circus of hypotcrites
Arrogant rich cotton heads like the ones controlling the disintegrating alt left Democrat party have only themselves to blame . The USA is starting to follow the proven path of failed nations where extremes (tribes ) are formed and ideas are replaced with myopic ideology .
I dont care what the Fake News Network(CNN)and the New York Pravda(Times) says you cant trust a thing they say most all of their news is not news its Propaganda and the same to the MSM News DAN BLATHER,TOM BROKEJAW,CRIS MUTHEWS,BABA WAWA Etc
if only to keep
his mouth shut
maybe most would not conclude
his intelligence