CNN's Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski highlight Vice President Kamala Harris' turnaround on Tuesday and her “very sharp pivot” from the far-left positions she held on prosecuting oil companies to centrist positions. did.
“This really shows how far to the left Kamala Harris was in the 2019 Democratic primaries when she was running with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and she's willing to make this very bold promise. ” [on] The U.S. oil industry will face criminal prosecution for its role in climate change,” Kaczynski said.
The two discussed Harris' far-left positions in 2019, when she promised to make oil companies “pay” and emphasized a confrontation with “big oil” that pollutes the environment.
“Fast forward to 2024 and what are she and Tim Walz doing? They're touting record domestic oil production by the same oil companies during the Biden/Harris administration.” Mr. Ski added.
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CNN's Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski highlight Vice President Kamala Harris' failure in the 2019 presidential race. (Screenshot/CNN)
CNN then ran several videos of Harris criticizing the oil industry.
“It's very different from what she's presenting now,” Barnett noted.
“She flipped on a lot of issues related to energy. Let's take a look at some of them. She said she was going to ban plastic straws. She said she was going to ban fracking. And she said she was going to abolish the filibuster to pass the Green New Deal. It also ran Facebook ads touting its support and saying it would stand up against Big Oil and their role in contributing to climate change,'' Kaczynski added.
While running for president in 2020, Harris said there was “no question” about banning fracking.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Williams Arena at Mingis Coliseum on the campus of East Carolina University on October 13, 2024 in Greenville, North Carolina. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Harris also supported a mandatory buyback program for semi-automatic rifles during her first presidential campaign.
“We should have a buyback program, and I support a mandatory gun buyback program,” Harris said on MSNBC's Gun Safety Forum in October 2019. million [assault weapons] Some estimate there are at least 10 million people, and we are going to implement smart public policies, the right way, to take them off the streets. ”
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“So why is she doing this, Erin? Well, according to a recent Gallup poll, climate change ranks as the second least important issue to voters.” Kaczynski concluded.
