Former President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for “repeatedly” vowing to ban “fracking” in a speech in Erie, Pennsylvania.
between him, speechTrump said how Harris has “always” been “opposed to fossil fuels” and that if Harris is elected president in November, her Green New Deal policies will “boost Pennsylvania's economy.” “It will disappear,” he said.
“If I win, Pennsylvania's energy workers will be employed, fracking, drilling, pumping and producing like never before,” Trump said. “Liar Kamala repeatedly vowed to ban fracking and imposed a ban on natural gas exports. It was a murderer that is now starving your state of your wealth, and the wealth you deserve.”
Trump's comments come after Harris previously claimed she never called for a ban on fracking. As Breitbart News previously reported, Harris repeatedly called for an end to fracking when she ran for president in 2019.
As Breitbart News previously reported, during the 2020 presidential primary debate, Harris said there was “no question” she was “in favor of banning fracking.”
“There's no question that I support banning fracking,” Harris said on stage during the debate. “And we start with what we can do from day one around public lands. There has to be a law. Yes, this was taken in California. I have a history of working on this issue…community health. We need to recognize that the residual effects of hydraulic fracturing are significant in terms of safety and safety implications.”
Harris recently released previous comments on the ban on hydraulic fracturing. asked a question CNN's Dana Bash said in an interview.
Trump added in his speech that Harris' “electric vehicle policy” would “destroy” the state's economy.
President Trump added, “Her insane electric vehicle mandate will devastate Pennsylvania's economy by eliminating gasoline cars and trucks from America's roads and destroying our fossil fuel industry.” added. “Few states benefit as much from hydraulic fracturing as you do. Half a million jobs.”
In her speech, Trump noted that Harris had always been “against fossil fuels,” adding that she changed her mind “because of poor polling numbers.”
“She was always against fossil fuels. She was born that way,” Trump said. “You're not going to change. She only changed because her poll numbers were bad. You're not going to change.”
As reported by Breitbart News, President Trump previously said that if Harris were elected, there would be “no energy jobs” in Pennsylvania, adding: “She never said frack in her life. ” he added.
