Green Party member U.S. Senate candidate for New Jersey Christina Amira Khalil went viral after posting a theory to social media that the earthquake that rocked New York and New Jersey on Friday was caused by climate change. Prominent social media users mocked the post, which also received an X 'Community Note' fact check providing the real reason for the event.
Climate doesn’t cause earthquakes — they’re caused by tectonic plates shifting. This woman is a moron.' Pro-Trump influencer 'Brick Suit' wrote, 'Christina Amira Khalil, a U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey, blocked me after I asked her to explain her position that today's earthquake in New Jersey was caused by ‘the climate crisis.’ What a snowflake.