After the news broke that former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are buying a $15M waterfront estate in Martha’s Vineyard, some took to social media to accuse the Obamas of hypocrisy on climate change.
“If I genuinely believed in 12 years coastal areas would be under water, I wouldn’t buy a $15 million mansion on…Martha’s Vineyard. Call me crazy, but it doesn’t seem like Obama is taking climate change all that seriously,” wrote Twitter user @RantyAmyCurtis.
If I genuinely believed in 12 years coastal areas would be under water, I wouldn’t by a $15 million mansion on…Martha’s Vineyard.
Call me crazy, but it doesn’t seem like Obama is taking climate change all that seriously. https://t.co/VPqaFsovqw
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) August 23, 2019
Others made a similar point in reaction to the news of the Obamas purchase, which has reportedly not been finalized yet.
“If climate change is as bad as Obama said it was, why is he buying property on or near the beach?” wrote Twitter user @Huffman_Hippy.
“How about Obama pushing climate change legislation then buying a coastal mansion at Martha’s vineyard?” wrote Twitter user @Mikel1618.
Twitter user @Chris_Roy wrote that the Obamas $15 million investment in a waterfront property “seems odd for a climate change alarmist believing in sea level rise and the destruction of coastal regions.Hmmm 🤔. Obviously not thinking of what he will leave his children.”
Twitter user @Bobby_Dour disagreed with the criticism of the Obamas.
“Global warming won’t cause immediate flooding on every coast and besides, why would I care what Obama does? How does that refute anything? The debate about climate change is long over, it’s been proven. Just accept it,” he wrote.
Global warming won’t cause immediate flooding on every coast and besides, why would I care what Obama does? How does that refute anything? The debate about climate change is long over, it’s been proven. Just accept it
— Bobbydour12 (@bobbydour12) August 23, 2019
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