Pete Buttigieg ripped for using taxpayer-funded private jets amid calls to cut emissions: ‘Walk the walk, man’
, 2022-12-12 21:00:18
White House Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was roasted for climate hypocrisy after flight data revealed he flew on taxpayer-funded jets while advocating for the need to reduce carbon emissions.
“Shouldn’t anyone who espouses that hyper-moralism in terms of environmentalism, shouldn’t they be the ones who have to live the most stringent lives in terms of keeping themselves from enjoying luxuries like private plane travel?,” FOX Business host Kennedy asked on “Outnumbered” Monday.
Buttigieg, an advocate of increased government action to curb carbon emissions, has taken at least 18 flights using taxpayer-funded private jets since taking office, Fox News Digital has learned.
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Pete Buttigieg, US transportation secretary, speaks during a news conference at the Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Memphis, Tennessee, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Photographer: Lucy Garrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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“Walk the walk, man,” “Outnumbered” co-host Emily Compagno responded. “It is ridiculous to me that our tax dollars are funding for someone to travel internationally to Canada to pick up an award for advancing LGBTQ rights. Why then wouldn’t you, in your symbolism of advancement, take a commercial airline?”
“The notion that his holier-than-thou-ness is costing me? That’s what I can’t take,” Compagno continued. “I would love…
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