'We Can't Get A Straight Answer': August Pfluger Grills John Kerry About Key Question On EVs

At Thursday's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) questioned Climate Czar John Kerry.
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[@keithcurrie6392]

Why hasn't this man been prosecuted for treason

[@kristinew7913]

Why isn’t this fraud in prison!?!

[@loganwill-ut2ge]

Guy Kerry is like nuclear luggage theft in control of nuclear what a joke

[@DCo923]

Obama, bide, Clinton, Bush thats why. do we need to say more?

[@biancaenera2500]

@@DCo923 add his mother was a Forbe, the father jew, the Kennedy and Jane Fonda! Is there someone this s. isn't related with? The most rich American politician is telling you must starve to death for the planet. I think it's a cult! Wtf 🤣

[@M3D1K]

You misspelled ground*

[@robertlint4742]

I was trying to decide who to vote for ,so i would read their flyer with the platform they will do! 20 years ago i new he was not for our citizens by his violation of oath to protect constitution by attacking 2nd amendment after just giving his pledge !

[@theodorejohnson3459]

John Kerry is a grifter besides being a liar

[@brianusa1471]

Kerry’s arrogance is infuriating.

[@charlieb6001]

He's Biden mk.2.

[@krisshepherd740]

John Kerry must be held accountable for his lying, deceit and traitorous actions!

[@spi9177]

Sorry,no one can, or will hold him accountable

[@loganwill-ut2ge]

Has resident asking who gave this guy passport revolke his passport fraudulent with tax payers money abusive using tax dollars against American citizens

[@teresarodrigues6219]

Isn't it ODD that we have not heard or seen anything of Kerry recently?

[@charlesnash2748]

How come no one asked Kerry, "what is your annual salary in this position ?"

[@nancygawlowicz2562]

Google it. $20,000,000. Tat much money for spewing lies and "misinformation." But the Lefties like him so it's okay.

[@spi9177]

It would scare you! Millions a year...

[@Diogenes425]

Anybody remember Kerry lying about his ( non)military service?

[@djf750]

He was in Vietnam, he's a pompous ass but when did he lie about that?

[@paulcombee2209]

Yes I am a Korean DMZ veteran and a Vietnam War veteran .Kerry and a few of his buddies joined the long haired Hippie drop out movement. Even went to the capital to rip off and toss their medals across the fence 🏅 on to the white house lawn .Disregarding all of our blood sweat and tears 😢 💜 of us Vietnam War veteran .Most of us still consider his actions as treasonous behavior .. Right up there with Hanoi Jane ...!

[@kgrkgrobin1548]

He punched his ticket and got the hell out of Dodge.

[@jackfullerton5762]

​@@kgrkgrobin1548I see it as, he threw his medals in the OK Coral.

[@djf750]

@@jackfullerton5762 "fake" threw them , while other Vietnam Veterans actually threw theirs

[@deloreswapenski8209]

My math tells me Kerry wants "WE THE PEOPLE" to go green, while he JETS around on HIS PRIVATE JET!!

[@romererunamerika9437]

bingo WEF globalist

[@duncanidaho2097]

Why do these congresspeople insist on calling the criminal foreign agent “secretary?”

[@teresarodrigues6219]

Legend in his own mind aren't you John?

[@user-yj9pv4jd9t]

"IN HIS MIND" HE'S THE MOST CONVINCING ACTOR! but only in his mind...LMAOOO

[@bigcatproductions2789]

I judge how much They Care by the EMPTY seats 😢

[@margiwatson1760]

I can't believe it isn't mandatory for committee members to attend the duration of the hearing. I feel the same about the Senate and House when voting. Seats are empty. They pop in and out to vote when it suits them. Bloody pathetic in my opinion. Same deal here in Australia

[@ARain6500]

Kerry talks down to them big time. Don't they know who he is?? He should have been in the hot seat a long time ago.

[@fairlane19641]

Kerry thinks he is above everyone else

[@deaniewilson5032]

Cause he has the Biden mafia backing him.

[@anothercomment3451]

I think he also knows his Eternal position won't be so cool OR high. The bloodlines know, I imagine.

[@thomasbogle5240]

Kerry should be asked if he thinks that the process to make EV batteries is environmentally safe?

[@krasavam1625]

he would say Yes

[@RockChickFace]

All electric vehicles should have stickers on them saying Batteries Made From Minerals Mined Using Child Labour

[@biancaenera2500]

Especially if keeping the same energy consume but with different sources is going to diminish the heat we produce and HOW? LMAO I am not those scientists promoting the green nazism are scientists or wizards, we should probably rethink if science is becoming less and lesser different from a religion.🤔

[@hanzusmc7898]

They are also made in CHINA with SLAVE labor! These climate zealots are completely full of crap! All the major ones Kerry, Gore, Clinton’s, and Obama’s are the household names, and all have purchased multimillion dollar oceanfront properties. If the climate was so bad n the seas rising and boiling they wouldn’t be buying oceanfront, they be buying high up in the mountains! Only thing GREEN about the energy they are pushing is the color of the money they are enriching themselves and their friends in business with! Bidenomics is sell your office for personal gain and make Americans poorer flipping the bill for this BS! The founder of the Weather Channel said in 2014 this climate hysteria is complete baloney on CNN. Never saw him again because it goes against their narrative, and they try to this day to discredit him even though he died in 2018.

[@kareyhubbard1426]

Socially acceptable also, since they have people working in those mines by hand on the thousands. Slave labor and the green initiative is all for it.

[@rogersarr8214]

Shouldn't matter what Kerry wants, it's what the people want that counts.

[@marleneotwell8839]

I trust Kerry about has much as I do Biden.

[@spi9177]

Fine comment

[@keaka560]

What makes Kerry an expert on anything?

[@CARLOSESCOBAR-tz8yc]

He is a leech who married into money and is a traitor

[@bobbysharp9127]

He met JFK when he was young, they took a sailboat ride together. And he speaks French.

[@hankhalbert6542]

He is a New Englander?

[@riverbender9898]

John Kerry...Read "Unfit For Command".

[@atilhun348]

Lots of Ketchup

[@philmanmontero2472]

They don't care because they're not spending their own money!!!

[@roncooke8723]

I wish SOMEONE would have asked him what authority he had to undermine the American government while Trump was in office as to guiding Iran how to deal with Trump.

[@pariswahabby6257]

Doesn't that make him a traitor? And what is the penalty for traitors!?

[@jimevitts6143]

Kerry should have been committed to gitmo for treason for the rest of his life when it was found out he was doing that , for one thing he was not even in any government position with the permission to be dealing with foreign governments ! That is committing treason and trien to overthrow a sitting president , that is called an insurrection !

[@kevinrice7635]

Agreed 💯

[@sheckyfeinstein]

And what a great service to the world that was.

[@evilenergy7121]

Lurch faced traitor this guy leaving Political seat in Massachusetts was the best thing ever this idiot is such a horrible grifter since Vietnam wish someone the enemy even would of done the USA a solid not have him come back

[@RedHorse-hm9yk]

Thing is, you can't get a straight or honest answer from any politician

[@billyhndrsn4542]

Is that room large enough for John Kerrys' ego to fit in ? Renewables are okay on a personal level, but not a national level, unless you secure the land mass the size of a state to put up solar, wind, hydroelectric generation. Any states volunteering ?

[@RockChickFace]

You could put his private jet in there😂

[@jaygee1616]

Well said

[@simondaly9960]

Unfortunately USA is losing farmland to the likes of Bill Gates and other Corporates. So you're looking at a reduction in food production with zero movement in renewable energy. The public is losing and the Corporate Corruption is winning

[@aprilcraddock169]

Is that why all the seats are empty?

[@JuttaRudischhauser]

You are absolutely right. I am German and I cannot believe what I am hearing from John Kerry but it fits the narrative and ideology of our „Green German Government“ or what they are trying to sell us and the Democrats in your country. You will never keep an industrialized country running on renewables alone and there is no energy storage available to support industrial production in Germany. Dream on…or deliver. We have the dumbest energy policy worldwide imposed by a minority party ruling with two others and we are rushing headlong into disaster.

[@cherylstumborg4157]

These people are just so sick

[@sdrc92126]

Wasn't there some college experiment or something where every time a subject wouldn't answer a question, they were given a shock and upped the voltage?

[@terriclark4255]

Careful. Old guidelines is WATCHING. everything has to be in code. They haven't figured it out yet.

[@chadwalrod795]

220 should do the trick.

[@krasavam1625]

LOL

[@1957bumpy]

Yes but first they had to sit in a chair 😂

[@leslienewton2773]

We need that now.

[@christybultsma6558]

I'm so sick of hearing them say it's for the people of the future. Who decided OUR future for us, supposedly decades ago & why aren't we living it? Why are we planning anything for future people? Isn't that for them to decide? Me and my kids are living now! are living NOW. I'm sick of giving up my life & theirs for "future people"! That's a bullshit reason to take our money & stuff NOW.

[@dragonslayer7587]

When the numbers don't add up, America changes math.

[@suzankephart8461]

Or the definition

[@raydonovan9013]

Democrats change math and definitions. Then tells you men can get pregnant. Then change the age for gun ownership from 18 to 21, but minors can consent to genital mutilation and cancer causing hormones, rendering them infertile, in a state of cognitive dissonance, and your family legacy ceases to exist. The only thing parents get is a promise of a lifetime of therapy bills trying to undo the damage an unqualified educator with a dysfunctional personal life, did to your child’s future.

[@godfellas483]

In one of his debates G Bush called him out on that...Remember "fuzzy math?" JK has made a career out of this.

[@4gma59]

Well, the Democrats do.

[@Fugi-ev4ps]

@@godfellas483 ain't math racist? I know that the burn loot and murder niggas will tell you that!

[@Blujeanz4070]

Lordy this EV Crap is going to cost Americans so much more more in the long run!!!!

[@johnrhansonsr]

Ask John Kerry how he got to the World Economic Forum just this year? China is not only building more coal plants they are buying the retired coal plants from the US. What I want to know is how much money is Kerry making from those sales? Did you hear what Kerry called a treaty? He called it an Executive Agreement. A runaround of our very own constitution.

[@controllerplayer1720]

corporation..

[@rosequartz3525]

Exactly. Alot. 💀 and bones

[@krasavam1625]

you should send all these questions and more to your reps, since they have no idea what questions to ask LOL, I am serious

[@johnrhansonsr]

@@krasavam1625 You are so right. LOL

[@fayvandunk8347]

Also why he went to Davos this year....

[@brownie4917]

He should have those math numbers right at the tip of his tongue.

[@bethrose4920]

Which tip....forked tongue....LOL

[@VGHCX]

He should have asked Kerry why doesn't he have his mansions powered by windmills and solar panels. And why one of his mansions is on ocean front property if he believes that ocean levels are going to rise due to climate change.

[@szsenyuk8887]

Mr. Ketchup is asking questions, I thought he was there to answer questions. Gotta love how congressional members get turned around, WTF🙄

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

It’s all a part of their game. They’re like pro wrestlers; you think they’re enemies but backstage they’re all pals.

[@krasavam1625]

some of the Republicans either total idiots or they can not hold conversation, and instead to be led by the liars turn table on those liars using their own lies

[@szsenyuk8887]

And all the moves are fake😅

[@anothercomment3451]

"Mr.Ketchup"? He married someone who had married someone ELSE who had the ketchup money. K did that once before, I've seen reported. 🤑

[@anothercomment3451]

@@szsenyuk8887 You are more perceptive than you realize, perhaps. "All the world is a stage ..." -Shakespeare

[@-Eagles]

Tell him to slow down on the botox.

[@jhill4071]

Simply put Trump (the MBA graduate) is a businessman whose goal is to make money for the company share holders. The company is America and the shareholders are we tax payers. And that's why I want this guy back in the White House and why I am going to vote for him... hopefully in a fair election.

[@headscrewedonright9030]

Exactly why I'm voting for him again. 👏👏

[@roncooke8723]

I wish SOMEONE would have asked him the impact of so many rockets launching on the climate, and just how many automobiles would equal 1 rocket launch.

[@krasavam1625]

LOL, he would be like: its a congress and NASA responsibility to cut emission of the rockets, and I would add its a congress and pentagon responsibility to cut emission when they use bombs and missiles in their real wars and war games LOL. Also republicans should dig reports on how much Kerry invest into oil and gas industry and how much$$$ he made on it for the past 10 years as well

[@johnny4aces410]

Don't forget the impact that forest fires have. Many such fires are caused by poor forest management.

[@saltysoldier68]

Why stop there.... volcanoes....

[@TheMishka11]

What a grifter

[@stanfink981]

Out of everything said, he was only mad about “the private jet” comment

[@wickedgoodsoul]

When I graduated from school 50 years ago the atmosphere contained only 78% of nitrogen, 21% of oxygen and just 1% of the other gases including carbon dioxide. However, today the atmosphere contains 78% of nitrogen, 21% of oxygen and ... wow! 1% of the other gases including carbon dioxide. So, please stop talking about carbon emissions and other rubbish. And probably it would help us a lot if our politicians and government officials go back to school and learn some science.

[@mdjones905]

Is Kerry suppose to be the brains of the earth? Get real!

[@controllerplayer1720]

brain damage..

[@hilareebrand]

As he flies around in his private jet….

[@daveevans2696]

Who does he actually work for, and who is he answerable to??

[@bturner7206]

Wind farms weren’t helping out much in the heat last week here in west Texas Mr climate czar they we’re standing still wile my a/c kept running up the electric bill. All the wind must have went to Washington.

[@Pottymouthgrandma]

If they were so concerned they would outlaw private planes...

[@etm567]

Could someone please tell this man what "incredulous" means? It doesn't mean incredible, which I think is what he means. A person can be incredulous, not a situation, and to be incredulous means to be disbelieving.

[@anrepa59]

why does no one ever complain that there is no scientific link between CO2 and weather problems, and that an increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere would be beneficial to the environment?

[@rowdyrx6109]

Forbes has published a negative article about the movie “Sound of Freedom”……why? Are you condoning pedophilia?

[@Senerian]

Good ole Swift boat stolen valor Kerry

[@fabiennecastaing771]

Where are the free energy ? The less toxic is nuclear energy...

[@house_church]

Lurch is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a butler to the Addams Family. In the original television series, Lurch was played by John Kerry.

[@mickrom4382]

That arrogant Sob has always thought he was better than anyone else. If he’s involved in anything it’s a scam!

[@bigpicture3]

What is Kerry's personal enrichment interests is all of this, while flying around on his private Jet??

[@naykidd14420]

The reason whenever asked about supply keeping up with high demand, the plan does not include most of us on the roads or owning a car, so the grid will handle the ev mandates cause regular people will walking priced off the road, better buy a horse an Amish buggy now....and be happy

[@Fedupwdms]

HORSES FART SO THEY WILL BE OUTLAWED PRETTY SOON

[@jamesjoste8655]

Wonder how many vehicles John Kerry has. I wonder how much electric he uses in his mansion they close out the stupid answer. He doesn’t own a private plane, but his wife does.

[@roncooke8723]

I wish SOMWONE would have asked him about the fact that in the last decade the impact of Earth being moved off its axis from the 2 severe earthquakes, and how long it will be till the Earth's axis is once again pointing to the north star. And if that has anything to do with our climate considering the Ice ages were caused by the same thing.

[@amyvanzandt6229]

Oh he answered about the ice age he bsd his way through it see they don't want to talk about the ice age or melt down because they know can't explain it's patterns with or without humans but AOC would blame Dino farts

[@m.w.wilson234]

Has anyone calculated how much of tax increase for road upkeep we will have to pay if we have to drive electric cars and trucks? Since EVs are heavier than gasoline and diesel powered vehicles, how long will the current roads last under a much heavier load? Should we start investing now in road maintenace corporations?

[@valkimura1053]

If you want to evade the truth, Wray teaches the master class: "I can't comment"; "I'm not familiar with it"; "There is an ongoing investigation, so I won't talk about it".

[@dorothymiddaugh6234]

If the rest of the world isnt doing anything about carbon emissions, then it wont matter how much we do. Its a ludicrous idea.

[@Lourdesmz]

We the People DO NOT want COMMUNISM, I mean CLIMATE CHANGE LAWS! 🏴‍☠

[@buttskinner8977]

Its nice to see these guys demand u get an ev, & they dont even know if the grid will take it, sounds really really smart

[@RebeccaKhan-fx7jf]

Yes or no answer, Kerry. We are not interested in bowing down to the Chinese or your puffing up your ego using your position. We are interested in getting down to brass tacks about the whys, wherefores of the specific motivations, origins of climate change policy. Kerry is great at diverting the question by creating stories to avoid answering.

[@wcbbsd]

The math works fine when the public don't have cars at all.

[@suzankephart8461]

Since Biden is talking about "dimming" America are we going to cancel solar? Now maybe we need to think about how this dimming will come about.

[@jeanfaircloth7935]

How r these people stopped? Do we the people just keep allowing them to hand over what is left of our country to more foreigners, I mean the illegals already have 2/3. So the WEF, who and the UN get the rest? WHY? Do we allow this? All of these czars need to go to gitmo.

[@willisscott3107]

Kerry for gitmo.

[@melaniehickey236]

Most excellent commentary.

[@ultra9693]

They never added that over a thousand people froze to death in Texas because of there green energy

[@rogermesserly3893]

Mr. Ed should stay in China

[@ricksherman8087]

John Carrie needs to be reigned in.

[@caglecagle4979]

Sir Mr Kerry only sales really cheap solar panels made in China he is there number one salesman

[@robertlint4742]

We need more jobs ,by creating mini plants strategicaly to supply their zone running trolleys that coordinate with cyclist to travel interconected with adjoining sections to create citizen friendly ability to travel unhindered to work or personal movement . Hard to shut down citizen ran electric services all at one time. Instead of one large service.

[@furball5543]

then dont give his office any money.

[@Jigman51]

China just completed a 14 billion dollar state of the art refinery. When was the last time we built a refinery, 1970?

[@sheckyfeinstein]

Phluger’s brother owns an oil company, btw.

[@huemann7637]

Kerry owns stocks in oil companies, btw.

[@teg5135]

Good. Let’s unleash American energy. Good paying jobs for Americans. Nobody talks about what it takes to create the batteries or how we will dispose of them. Putting windmills in the ocean….how are they created or transported? And what will that do to our oceans? Soooo stupid. This is all so stupid. The US can’t even sufficiently clean up our own manmade disasters. All about money….

[@lisaslounge5406]

Oil is our friend

[@larryog8071]

key question how much is china paying him

[@user-dg7qc8jc8t]

No, it's Ivanka Trump who got 28 branding rights in China while Trump was president and her husband who just got 2 billion from the Saudi's.

[@subicstationditosailor4053]

Every penny.

[@denniswaterman3982]

Yeah, Germany is currently in a very bad way with the lack of sufficient energy to heat their own peoples homes this upcoming winter. People there are stocking up on wood to burn to heat their homes.

[@scottiedog4236]

Welcome Americans to unelected politicians

[@czarcastic1458]

Doesn't he know how Zoom works?

[@Silvgv]

BS Kerry

[@frankgalarza1572]

I like to know how he get this job ,knowing that he is not a expert in this field,and where the money goes.

[@croberts2358]

Yeah, just built 4 brand new coal plants. And Biden is over here trying to close all of ours down along with the gas and the natural gas which is where the cleanest things we have.

[@user-dg7qc8jc8t]

LMAO!!! Nobody is building new coal fired plants here. Gas/Solar plants are cleaner and cheaper to operate. What century are you in?

[@croberts2358]

@@user-dg7qc8jc8t Lamo! He's disabling the coal-fired plants as they're trying to get this green new build back broke deal going. When you have an EMP. And you take them all out or as they did up there in Iowa and a hail storm comes through and destroys them all then what you going to do! There's no backup to go back to.

[@croberts2358]

@@user-dg7qc8jc8t oh and as far as your gas have you not heard he wants to get rid of fossil fuels which includes the gas and the natural gas which he's already been selling over to England because they tried the same stupid thing. And when they went to the solar the power bills went through the roof soap hope you got lots of money.

[@user-dg7qc8jc8t]

@@croberts2358 LMAO!!!! Those plants are 50 to 75 years old. They're done. Do you know how much it costs to maintain a coal fired plant? What is coal robby? It's carbon. What happens when you burn it? It builds up and produces toxic coal ash. What happens to the coal ash? It has to be contained in lined pits because it can kill you. That includes you robby. Besides The future is cleaner renewables and electric tech and products. The future isn't just coming fast it's already here.

[@rrrobinson97202]

Is Kerry aiding our enemies?

[@jimmygass-UT]

Looks like a large empty room. Where did everybody go or is it not that important for our representatives to attend. Also, I can't believe what little Climate Czar John Kerry knows about his subject. Ho Hum!

[@OliverdeClisson]

this was a second round of questioning. most reps had asked kerry already.

[@marilyntonelli8832]

I’m not buying a EV. And how can you not know how much electricity you need.

[@gageboulanger2743]

Kerry a self made expert in his own mind 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@batshivamoosha7940]

WE ARE LOOKING AT A PERSON THAT WE THE PEOPLE PAY MILLIONS FOR DOING NOTHING.

[@Kathie-np8ge]

Enough is enough get rid of JOHN KERRY!

[@SPRDAVE]

On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, would serve as the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and would be a member of the United States National Security Council

[@saltysoldier68]

You mean stolen election that placed a geriatric pervert, and corrupt dictator in the presidential office, right?

[@debrastevens6980]

Why is Kerry flying on a private jet

[@chuckmiller6390]

Well then, we still have a long way to go at least in changing the rules. If you don't cooperate in court, you can be held in contempt. WTF is going on here, every damn person they bring in answers nothing.....is that NOT CONTEMPT ??

[@Epiccameraman180]

Going back to the horse and buggy if we don't extinct everything !

[@DonC11669]

Try the Foriegn exchange program. One Rino for panda. 😂

[@woolyhighlander7280]

HE makes Herman Munster look like a teenager !

[@IoanniKalivas-zq1xb]

Great point you make August

[@TroyCastellano]

I am always amazed at all the empty seats during these hearings! You really think either party truly gives two shits about any of this?

[@gerelldomangue8887]

Why is it ok for foreign countries (our enemies) to produce oil and gas for us to buy from them but ee can't produce it in our country to sell to foreign countries

[@tonyacosta1603]

His trip has nothing to do with helping Americans

[@stewartchalmers4724]

Look into his eyes, you see deceit.

[@riverbender9898]

Pfluger has got it RIGHT!

[@rad7595]

They literally want things to go as slow and painfully as possible...

[@jasonwebster8027]

Kerry graduated from Yale with a bachelor of arts degree in 1966. Overall, he had lackluster grades, graduating with a cumulative average of 76 over his four years. His freshman-year average was a 71, but he improved to an 81 average for his senior year. He never received an "A" during his time at Yale; his highest grade was an 89. He's not a scientist. Exactly what's the qualifications that this guy has to do anything he's doing??? He's just an elitist and his family was friends with the Kennedys.

[@rosequartz3525]

💀 and bones boi

[@jasonwebster8027]

@@rosequartz3525 definitely

[@stephenmayzes3695]

How many millions of plants and humans have to die to know we've hit the prime carbon levels?

[@st.gregory]

John Carrie’s response “let me bullshit for a minute”

[@DorianCulver-qp6wk]

How did Boltneck ever rise to any position of authority?