Ro Khanna Rips John Kerry’s ‘Absurd’ Statement on Russia and Climate: ‘I Really Don’t Know What the Guy Was Thinking’

ROBERTS: “There’s one more thing I want to ask you about, congressman. The outgoing Climate Czar John Kerry was talking about Russia’s bad behavior with climate. And he said this. Listen here.”
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KERRY: “If Russia has the ability to wage a war illegally and invade another country, they ought to be able to find the effort to be responsible on the climate issue. Russia is one of the largest emitters in the world. If Russia wanted to show good faith, they could go out and announce what their reductions are going to be and make a greater effort to reduce emissions now. And maybe that would open up the door for people to feel better about what Russia is choosing to do at this point in time.”
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ROBERTS: “He’s saying if Russia were to announce some sort of measure on climate change, people would feel better about the war in Ukraine. Is that a man who’s too close to his job?”
KHANNA: “That’s a ridiculous. That’s an absurd comment. I don’t know what he was thinking, but I can’t defend that. That’s an absurd comment. Look, Putin’s biggest crime is the invasion of Ukraine and killing innocent people, and to think that if you had better climate policy that that would, in any way excuse a brutal war is just foolishness. And he should certainly retract that statement. And I really don’t know what the guy was thinking.”
ROBERTS: “Yeah. Well, one thing is we won’t have to listen to it anymore. Congressman Khanna, thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate it. We’ll see you tonight.”
KHANNA: “Thank you.”