Maine Dem congresswoman rails against climate change...
despite making VERY hypocritical choices in her private life READ MORE: Dem lawmaker called for more migrants to be bused into her state By Joe Hutchison For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:23 EDT, 24 July 2024 | Updated: 15:25 EDT, 24 July 2024 e-mail View comments A Maine congresswoman has shared a video of herself railing against climate change , despite enjoying luxurious, carbon-spewing flights on a private jet. Chellie Pingree, 69, shared a video of herself addressing the House of Representatives during a talk on climate change earlier this week.
In it, the Democrat Maine representative speaks of her worries of what the world will be like for her children and seven grandchildren. But after sharing the video to her social media on Wednesday afternoon, Pingree was labelled a 'hypocrite' after having previously traveled on a private jet. Pingree was caught on camera disembarking the jet of her then husband and hedge fund manager S.
Donald Sussman in 2010. The Maine Wire replied to Pingree sharing her views on battling climate change with the video, saying: 'A private jet can emit more CO2 in one hour than the average Mainer's annual output.' The Maine representative spoke of her worries of what the world will be like for her children and seven grandchildren After sharing the video to her social media on Wednesday afternoon, Pingree was labelled a 'hypocrite' after having previously traveled on a private jet In her video, Pingree said: 'I don't know if you have children or grandchildren, but I worry about what the future will be for my children and my seven grandchildren.
'I don't want them to come to me someday and say, 'Hey Grandma, what were you doing when we needed to do something about this?. 'What were you doing when we needed to prevent the climate change that is upon us today? 'Were you just sitting there with you eyes closed and pretending it didn't exist using a bunch of jargon, quoting social media and some memes you saw somewhere. 'Or were you talking about scientific fact, and really doing things to invest in our children and grandchildren's future.
' According to The Washington Examiner, Pingree was caught disembarking the corporate charter jet by the conservative website Maine Watchdog. In the footage, Pingree disembarked from the airplane onto a red carpet after the plane touched down at Portland airport in Maine. At the time of the incident, Pingree said that criticism of her use of the corporate jet was politically motivated.
Pingree was caught on camera disembarking the jet of her then husband and hedge fund manager S. Donald Sussman in 2010. The pair are seen here in 2011 She told the Portland Press Herald at the time that she had checked the ethics rules to make sure that taking flights on Sussman's jet was permissible.
Criticism was drawn largely because of testimony she gave in 2006 when she was head of lobbying farm Common Cause, that was critical about legislators use of private aircraft. According to the Bangor Daily News , she said: 'Most Americans never have and never will fly on a chartered jet, much less a fancy corporate jet complete with wet bar and leather couches. 'So when members of Congress constantly fly around on corporate jets and pay only the cost of a commercial ticket, it contributes to the corrosive public perception that members of Congress are more like the fat cats of Wall Street than they are like the rest of us.
' After the plane footage resurfaced on Wednesday, one person commented: 'Try harder Chellie. Your plane rides are killing your grandkids future.' Another said: 'All hypocrites.
Wake up Maine voters.' Pingree had previously made headlines after she called for less border security and advocated for migrants to be bussed to Maine , claiming there aren't enough locals to fill jobs there. Share or comment on this article: Maine Dem congresswoman rails against climate change.
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