Harris the climate hawk tries to move toward the middle (only 6.57 years left)

Vice President Kamala Harris once was the left’s dream “climate” candidate — calling for a ban on fracking, launching investigations into Big Oil companies, and cosponsoring the Green New Deal. But as she looks to win the White House, she has moved toward the center to win over votes in key energy states, while also seeking to retain support from environmentalist groups.

Since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has walked back her 2019 call to ban fracking. On Wednesday, she also reversed her stance on supporting a federal job guarantee, which was included in the Green New Deal resolution she once co-sponsored.

Harris’s policy reversals show a campaign split between courting environmentalists and industry interests within energy-focused states — blocs that could be essential to winning a campaign contest against a former president who once called climate change a “hoax” and pledged to roll back the administration’s environmental regulations.

One of those states is Pennsylvania, a critical swing state that accounts for more than 3% of all U.S. energy jobs, with a large portion of those occupations in fuel and natural gas. Many fossil fuel trade groups have argued that Harris’s record of going after the industry could alienate voters in this demographic.

“I call it Pennsylvania-pandering,” American Energy Institute founder and CEO Jason Isaac said of Harris’s recent campaign statements on fracking. “I really think all this is because she recognizes the importance of the electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Ohio.”

In contrast, as the attorney general of California, Harris had a more antagonistic relationship with the fossil fuel industry. In 2016, she launched an investigation into whether Exxon Mobil lied to the public and shareholders about its contributions to climate change, and whether these actions violated financial and environmental laws.

She can say absolutely anything. Any contradictions to past statements will be sent down the memory hole and the public will be unaware. Once safely installed in office, she’ll do as her handlers tell her, but she’s not Joe Biden. I suspect once in office, this bimbo will want to do things her way, since she seems to believe she’s smarter than anyone else.

And that will bring this country down faster than anyone anticipates.

Examples of Biden/Harris govt budget priorities:
<><>to quadruple international climate finance
<><>to establish another new US International Development Finance Corp. “equity” revolving fund
<><>“investments” to “empower companies from low and lower-middle income countries.”
<><>gives a 15% increase to the Treasury in part to “improve the taxpayer experience.”

Biden/Harris are loathe to lower taxes yet uses tax money to prop up leftist activities that have nothing to do with military capability and the safety and security of American families.

Yes, people, Biden/Hattis are apparently ramping up the IRS’ ability to collect more taxes. This is a higher Biden priority than deterring the nation’s adversaries and building a sufficiently sized and capable military to protect the people who pay for it.

The Biden/Harris administration’s plan is to protect defense contractors’ companies that support defense industry “investments.”

FYI-—Last year, the Pentagon couldn’t properly account for a whopping 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets. That figure increased this year, with the department insufficiently documenting 63% of its now $3.8 trillion in assets.

Military contractors possess many of these assets, but to an extent unbeknownst to the Pentagon ........ and to Biden/Harris.

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