Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate New Jersey Christina Amira Khalil A theory that the earthquake that shook New York and New Jersey on Friday was caused by climate change went viral after being posted on social media.
Prominent social media users mocked the post, which also received an X “Community Note” fact-check showing the real reason for the event.
Khalil received so much criticism for the post that she eventually deleted it and put her account in “protected” mode, preventing the public from seeing her posts.
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A U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey has received severe criticism on social media after posting that earthquakes in the New York area are caused by climate change. (Fox News)
In response to the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New York, New Jersey and other northeastern US states, Khalil told This is the weirdest experience I’ve ever had.” ”
The aspiring politician’s theory went viral just hours after it was posted, racking up millions of views with the help of major accounts who shared it for mockery on their feeds.
Users like Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) responded to the progressive politician’s post by saying, “That’s bullshit. Where people were joking about blaming it on climate change, this… A genius has emerged. A competitive Senate candidate!”
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Conservative commentator Paul Cipla said, “Senate candidate Cristina Amira Khalil just said today’s earthquake in New Jersey was caused by the ‘climate crisis.’ Does climate cause earthquakes? “It’s caused by the movement of tectonic plates. This woman is stupid.”
The pro-Trump influencer Brick Suit wrote, “Please explain to New Jersey Senate candidate Christina Amira Khalil her position that today’s New Jersey earthquake is caused by the “climate crisis.” When I asked for it, I was blocked.” What a snowflake! ”
Kyle Mann, editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, said: “I got on the phone with Babylon Bee writers and asked them why we didn’t come up with the conclusion that earthquakes are caused by climate change before the library did.” I’m going to figure it out,” he joked.
Conservative author Carmine Sabia writes, “What’s interesting is that she doubles down on this link between climate, change, and earthquakes with a link to the story.Earthquakes have been around for billions of years. It’s been happening before. But now it’s a climate issue. I keep saying these people are.’ It’s not serious. please do not worry. ”
Prominent right-wing influencer account “The Rabbit Hole” said, “Random earthquakes may be caused by climate change, but there is a clear link between rising crime rates in 2020 and anti-police movements like BLM.” “I cannot point that out.”
In addition to the ridicule, Khalil received an official “community note” fact-checking his post. “New Jersey is located near fault lines and experiences frequent earthquakes,” she said.
After seeing all the ridicule, the candidate said in a follow-up post, “Pretty cool. I pissed off a lot of bots.”
However, she eventually deleted the post and locked her account so that the public could not see its activity.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Khalil for comment.
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