Vice President Kamala Harris can’t give a genuine answer about her opposition to fracking because she knows doing so would cost her the election.
In July, less than four months before the election, the Harris campaign revealed the Democrats’ new presidential nominee suddenly had a change of heart about the technology that revolutionized American energy. How convenient. The policy reversal came in the form of a campaign spokesman’s statement to Beltway outlets such as The Hill and Politico. The statement called former President Donald Trump’s claims that she would ban fracking “false.” Trump, however, was only quoting Harris from her own first presidential campaign in 2019.
“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said at a CNN town hall.
The network’s Erin Burnett followed up with the related question: “Would you ban offshore drilling?”
“Yes,” Harris pledged. “And I’ve again, worked on that.”
FLASHBACK:
CNN’S ERIN BURNETT: “So would you ban offshore drilling?”
KAMALA HARRIS: “Yes, and I’ve again, worked on that. HAHAHAHA”
This was 5 years ago today. Kamala can’t memory-hole this clip.pic.twitter.com/nTmBds3Zat
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 4, 2024
Even if the vice president no longer supports bans on fracking or offshore drilling, she doesn’t have to in order for a Harris administration to regulate fossil fuels out of business.
The platform the DNC passed last month still endorsed President Joe Biden’s “second term” more than a dozen times. The Freudian slip might’ve been an embarrassing miscue, but it was also a tacit
