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Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Syne - Jan 18, 2026
It appears Harris' alarmism may have been largely performative.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris spent years fearmongering about so-called climate change. Her recent seaside acquisition suggests she may not have been as serious about the supposed threat as she previously let on.
During her first failed presidential campaign where she proposed the U.S. blow $10 trillion on tackling the professed problem, Harris wrote, "Our oceans are warming. Sea levels are rising. Pollution is threatening our air and water. Droughts are hurting our crops. Fires are burning our forests. Extreme weather is destroying our communities. We are poisoning the planet."
Harris previously pushed legislation that would annually award $50 million in grants to various entities for the purposes of "carrying out climate-resilient living shoreline projects" and, in her words, "mitigat[ing] against sea level rise."
When announcing in 2023 that the Biden-Harris administration was recommending $562 million in funding to make communities and the economy more resilient to the alleged climate change, Harris told a crowd at the University of Miami, "To live in a coastal community is to live on the front lines of the climate crisis."
The Washington Free Beacon highlighted that the Biden-Harris administration also pushed a study the same year that claimed that "24%-75% of California's beaches may become completely eroded" due to sea-level rises.
Despite Harris' participation in the rising-sea hysteria that proved fellow Democrat Al Gore a poor prognosticator, she has reportedly purchased an $8.15 million oceanside mansion in Malibu, California.
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- https://www.theblaze.com/news/kamala-harris-buys-815m-seaside-mansion-after-fearmongering-about-rising-sea-levels
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Magical Realist - Jan 18, 2026
Do you really believe her home will be flooded by rising ocean levels in her lifetime?
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Syne - Jan 18, 2026
That's the whole point. Even she doesn't believe the fearmongering she was selling.
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - C C - Jan 18, 2026
(Jan 18, 2026 10:44 PM)Syne Wrote: [...] Despite Harris' participation in the rising-sea hysteria that proved fellow Democrat Al Gore a poor prognosticator, she has reportedly purchased an $8.15 million oceanside mansion in Malibu, California.
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- https://www.theblaze.com/news/kamala-harris-buys-815m-seaside-mansion-after-fearmongering-about-rising-sea-levels
Took the 2025 wildfires for some establishment-supporting celebrities to give up (in a sense) their beachfront properties. And only the challenges of rebuilding (insurance surprises, new regulations and restrictions, slowness of bureaucratic approval, other problems) are hindering them from still remaining rooted there, at least part of the time.
The impact of sea level rise and coastal erosion on California’s shoreline communities
https://californiaobserver.com/the-impact-of-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-erosion-on-californias-shoreline-communities/
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Secular Sanity - Jan 19, 2026
Well, all that equity preaching seems psychologically convenient and a little hollow, eh? At least she's paying her fair share in property taxes and fire insurance.
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Magical Realist - Jan 19, 2026
Quote:That's the whole point. Even she doesn't believe the fearmongering she was selling.
And so maybe protesting the rise of sea levels 300 years from now is just as valid as protesting the rise of sea levels 50 years from now. Just because you're not alive then doesn't mean it's ok. It's called moral principles.
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Syne - Jan 19, 2026
Harris's new home features many of the same amenities—such as a gas stove and fireplace—that the Biden-Harris administration targeted with regulations - https://freebeacon.com/democrats/kamala-harris-buys-8-2-million-seaside-mansion-after-warning-sea-levels-are-rising-due-to-climate-crisis/
It's called blatant hypocrisy.
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Magical Realist - Jan 19, 2026
LOL Pretty sure she doesn't give a rat's ass what MAGA no-lifes think about how she is living her life. The same person who has a fire place may drive a hybrid. Or ride public transit. Or eat a largely vegan diet. There's literally hundreds of ways of reducing one's carbon footprint. People have the right to choose how they do it.
https://www.constellation.com/energy-101/energy-innovation/how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint.html
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Syne - Jan 19, 2026
So you can try to regulate what others do, even though you have no idea what they might be doing that could otherwise help?
Yeah, that's hypocrisy. Rules for thee but not for me.
RE: Kamala buys seaside mansion after fearmongering about sea levels - Magical Realist - Jan 19, 2026
Quote:So you can try to regulate what others do, even though you have no idea what they might be doing that could otherwise help?
Who's regulating anybody? You're the only one trying to dictate how Kamala lives her life. Why? Is she not a free agent?