Worried Pennsylvania energy workers don’t trust Kamala Harris’ fracking flip-flop
Vice President Kamala Harris confidently stated during Tuesday's debate that she would not ban fracking: “I will not ban fracking. I have never banned fracking as vice president of the United States.” But natural gas workers in western Pennsylvania don't quite believe a woman who ran for president in 2020 and said, “There's no question […]
Here’s What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Say About Her Favorite Fracking Talking Point
When pressed on the issue, Vice President Kamala Harris has attempted to position herself as a proponent of fracking, but has always omitted important context from the talking points she uses in defense. Harris said in 2019:There is no doubtSenator Biden-Harris, who has said “fracking should be banned,” points to her vote on the Inflation […]
Kamala Harris Falsely Claims She Never Called to Ban Fracking
CLAIM: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, during Tuesday's debate with former President Donald Trump, repeated her claim that she never called for a ban on fracking during her previous presidential runs. Verdict: False. Harris explicitly called for the repeal of fracking during her 2019 presidential run. The debate moderator brought up the issue midway through […]
‘Some’ of Harris’ Flips ‘Are Genuine Changes, Like Fracking’
During CNN's “The Situation Room” broadcast on Monday, CNN host and chief political correspondent Dana Bash said that “some” of Vice President Kamala Harris's change in position on 2024 Democratic presidential candidate is “real changes, like fracking,” and that some is because “she's now part of President Biden's campaign and then his administration,” and that […]
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul doubles down on opposition to fracking — even after Kamala Harris said she backs it
New York Gov. Kathy Hockle insisted Thursday that “we don't do fracking in New York state” to boost energy supplies, even though Vice President Kamala Harris has now said she supports fracking for drilling for natural gas. “We're not fracking. We're not burning coal. We're not going backwards,” said Democrat The governor said At the […]
Kamala Harris Sued Obama to Stop Fracking
Vivek Ramaswami, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, told “CNN News Central” on Wednesday that as California's attorney general, Vice President Kamala Harris sued the Obama administration over fracking permits off the Pacific coast. “If we can use Kamala Harris' own words as evidence, and I think we should, when she ran for president she supported […]
Harris Hasn’t Actually Given Specifics on How She’d Regulate Fracking
On CNN's “Inside Politics” broadcast on Friday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said that Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has barely changed her position on fracking, claiming that she doesn't want to ban fracking altogether, but hasn't actually spoken about plans to regulate it in the future. Marin said:[T]here [are] There are […]
CNN Had Harris ‘Dead to Rights’ on Fracking, She Can’t Admit She ‘Got It Wrong’
On Friday's episode of HBO's “Real Time,” host Bill Maher noted that CNN host and chief political correspondent Dana Bash “flatly called out” 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris on fracking in an interview Thursday, questioning, “Why can't they just say, 'Oh, you know, I was wrong, I was talking to the wrong […]
She Flipped on Fracking Ban ‘During the 2020 Election, and A Little Before That’
On Friday's CNN News Central broadcast, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), co-chair of the Harris-Waltz campaign, argued that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for 2024 president, “stated very clearly years ago, during the 2020 election and shortly before that, that she supports fracking as a method of energy production in this country,” and that […]
CNN fact-checks Harris’ claim she now supports fracking: She said otherwise in 2020
CNN reported that Vice President Kamala Harris did not give a straight answer when asked about her sudden change of stance on the issue of fracking, despite having said until recently that she had always supported a ban on fracking. In her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris said she does not […]