Former Secretary of State John Kerry claimed that there is a “climate emergency,” and suggested that Africans without electricity must select “the right kinds of electricity,” likely referring to green energy production, and that the U.S. must help them to afford it.
Kerry made the comments at a speaking event at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics on Nov. 21, 2024.
The Democrat suggested there will be a need to “declare a climate emergency, which is what we really have. And we need to get people to behave as if this really is a major transitional challenge to the whole planet.”
He noted that the U.S. has the biggest economy on earth, with China in second place.
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 23, 2024, in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
“Adios comunista,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tx., wrote in a post on X when replying to a post featuring a clip of Kerry’s comments.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry speaks onstage during the 2024 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2024, in New York City. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)
Kerry, a former senator and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee who lost to incumbent Republican President George W. Bush, went on to serve as secretary of state during a portion of President Barack Obama’s White House tenure.
He has also previously served as special presidential envoy for climate under President Joe Biden.
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President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Secretary of State John Kerry in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden awarded Kerry the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year.