Politicians love to lie, that’s nothing new. Another thing they love doing is having a set of standards that they expect Americans to follow but don’t hold themselves up to those same standards. They believe they are above the rules that the rest of us have to follow.
This applies to pretty much anyone in politics so John Kerry is no exception. His outspoken stance on climate change and global warming sometimes makes him sound like a goon but knowing that he also travels in his own personal jet also makes him seem like a hypocrite.
United States Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry has a strong position on combatting fossil fuels in the new administration but according to Federal Aviation Administration records he and his family still own a private jet.
The FAA’s registry shows a Gulfstream Aerospace jet listed under Flying Squirrel LLC, which is the name of Kerry’s wife’s private charter jet company. The company’s listed address matches that of the Heinz Family Foundation, Heinz being the name of her former husband.
The FAA records also indicate that the jet’s registration certificate was issued in July of 2005 and doesn’t expire until October of 2023.
Evidence shows that private jets are estimated to emit about 40 times the amount of carbon per passenger than that of commercial flights.
A New York Post editorial called Kerry out last year saying, “We look forward to the anti-carbon lectures from a guy who travels the globe on private jets and luxury yachts.”
The details of his involvement in his wife’s company are unclear but during his presidential run in 2004, Kerry made 60 payments to his wife’s charter jet company totaling over a quarter of a million dollars.
Then in 2013, his executive branch personnel financial disclosure revealed Kerry owned over $1 million in assets for “Flying Squirrel LLC” through his wife.
Kerry’s financial disclosures from 2009-2012 also support that amount.
