Green Party Senate candidate Christina Khalil and a map of the Friday, April 5 earthquake A New Jersey U.S. Senate candidate has disabled comments on her campaign’s social media account after sharing a questionable take on the recent East Coast earthquake.occurred near North Plainfield, New Jersey. Tremors from the event could be felt across the Northeast U.S. Taking to X, Green Party Senate candidate Christina Khalil suggested the event was due to worsening global climate conditions.
I experienced my first earthquake in NJ,” she wrote in a now-deleted post. “The climate crisis is real. The weirdest experience ever.”according Khalil’s claim drew widespread mockery from prominent figures across social media, including Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas. “Gonna have a call with my Babylon Bee writers to figure out how we failed to come up with ‘the earthquake was caused by climate change’ before the libs did,” Babylon Bee Editor Kyle MannHer campaign account no longer permits comments from accounts she is not following as of Monday morning.
Khalil was not the only political figure last week with a unique take about naturally occurring events. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Friday“God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent,” Rep. Greene wrote via social media. “Earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come. I pray that our country listens.”Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news. Have a news tip? Send it to jacwalker@sbgtv.com.