Posted on 10/23/2020 8:31:23 AM PDT by RandFan
Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that he "never said I oppose fracking" when pressed by President Donald Trump on the issue during Thursday night's presidential debate.
"You said it on tape," Trump replied.
Facts First: It's false that Biden never said he opposed fracking. In two Democratic primary debates, Biden made confusing remarks over fracking that his campaign had to clarify. In 2019, Biden said "we would make sure it's eliminated" when asked about the future of coal and fracking; in 2020 he said he opposed "new fracking." Biden's written plan, conversely, never included a full ban on fracking or even on new fracking. Rather, it proposes "banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters" -- not ending all new fracking anywhere or ending all existing fracking on public lands and waters.
Biden created confusion about his stance with some of his comments during the Democratic primary. For example, he had this exchange with CNN's Dana Bash during a July 2019 debate:
Bash: "Thank you, Mr. Vice President. Just to clarify, would there be any place for fossil fuels, including coal and fracking, in a Biden administration?"
Biden: "No, we would -- we would work it out. We would make sure it's eliminated and no more subsidies for either one of those, either -- any fossil fuel."
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Biden doesn’t know the Internet exists.
When Trump said he would put the video Biden’s fracking remarks on his campaign site, it was there within two minutes.
Channeling his inner Kerry.
Transitioning = eliminating
They’ve gone full Orwellian - they’re all trying to rewrite history.
Even here they’re trying to shift Biden’s comments toward “caused confusion”.
Outside this, they’re letting every single BS lie fly - and he told LOADS of them.
Trump never took COVID seriously - LIE
Biden had a plan that would have saved lives - LIE
Trump inherited a booming economy - LIE
Trump squandered the economy - LIE
Biden never said he was against fracking - LIE
People never lost their health care plan over Obamacare - LIE
...and the list goes on.
This is insane.
Biden is not going to “ban” fracking but he would add so many regulations that it would make the process too expensive to use.
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A bouquet of lies!
And Anderson Cooper looked so freaking depressed when the so-called Fact Checker dinged Biden.
LOL
Biden CNN owned and they can’t get a refund karma.
Hahaha!
LOL! I missed that! And people want this guy as POTUS? They’re completely insane
Does Biden even know what his own campaign’s position on fracking is?—after so many lies, it must be hard to remember the facts.
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