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Kamala Harris Invents 2020 Fracking Position To Hide Her Actual Views
The Federalist ^ | 08/30/2024 | Brianna Lyman

Posted on 08/30/2024 9:17:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris once championed aggressive leftist policies. She supported the Green New Deal while senator and has called for the prosecution of fossil fuel companies.

The pièce de résistance, however, was when she unequivocally threw her support behind a ban on fracking in 2019. But now that her radical climate agenda isn’t politically convenient, Harris invented a 2020 position on fracking to try and cover up her actual views.

During the 2019 Democrat primary, Harris was asked whether she would commit to a federal ban on fracking.

“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said. “So yes.”

The then-senator even highlighted her long-standing “history” of attacking fracking.

But in recent weeks anonymous campaign staffers have leaked claims to the media that Harris has developed a newfound respect for the fracking industry — an obvious attempt to salvage her credibility after her radical anti-fracking stance was highlighted.

“No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020, that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking,” Harris told Bash when asked if she’d ban fracking during CNN’s pre-recorded softball interview on Thursday night.

Dana Bash asked whether Harris’ stance “changed.”

“In 2020 I made very clear where I stand. We are in 2024, and I have not changed that position, nor will I going forward. I kept my word, and I will keep my word,” Harris said. “My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far.”

But Harris was unable to explain why her policy position shifted when asked by Bash.

“Well, let’s be clear. My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far,” Harris said.

Maybe it’s because her views really haven’t changed.

Despite her insistence, Harris never committed herself to preserving fracking during the 2020 general election. She did, however, have to run defense for her running mate Joe Biden, who previously vowed to “abolish fossil fuels” and end “fracking as soon as we possibly can.”

[READ NEXT: CNN Didn’t Interview Kamala Harris, It Swaddled Her In A Security Blanket]

“Joe Biden will not end fracking. He has been very clear about that,” Harris said. “I will repeat and the American people know that Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact. That is a fact.”

While serving as California attorney general, Kamala Harris investigated Exxon Mobil for allegedly misleading the public about the risks of climate change. So who will prosecute Harris for misleading the public about her stance on fracking?


Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climatechange; energy; fracking; kamala; r

1 posted on 08/30/2024 9:17:49 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Harris is a mess and a disaster for the US


2 posted on 08/30/2024 9:19:17 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

The Jihad Junta will ban natural gas, thus banning fracking.


3 posted on 08/30/2024 9:25:15 AM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Because she never went through the primary process, she never was able to slowly moderate her views.


4 posted on 08/30/2024 9:29:59 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople ( "Never thot I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones"-Johnny Rotten)
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To: SeekAndFind

“”I kept my word, and I will keep my word,” Harris said. “My values have not changed. I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far.”””

If she wasn’t such a kook, I would feel sorry for her but~~~~!! She doesn’t even speak our language.. Most people would say, “I GAVE MY WORD and I will keep my word” but hopefully, she’s only one of a kind - I don’t believe she’s ever had any children of her own so there’s no chance she’s passed her genes on - I say HOPEFULLY. I will say her stepdaughter is enough for the civilized world.

“We can do what we have accomplished thus far”?????????

Just no more words to describe her......

I have Eric Erickson on the radio and I guess the “second chair” did have words to say in the interview but no more coherent than the other weirdo.....


5 posted on 08/30/2024 9:36:35 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: SeekAndFind

The laying skank couldn’t tell the truth if her life depended on it that is how the Marxist oath works.


6 posted on 08/30/2024 9:39:32 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

Anyone think she was provided the questions?


7 posted on 08/30/2024 9:47:53 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone care to ask here these direct energy questions other than fracking?

What’s your position on the following Biden Executive orders on fossil fuel bands?............

Halting new oil and gas leasing on federal onshore lands and offshore waters.

Halted implementation of a leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Withdrew the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies by fiscal year 2022.


8 posted on 08/30/2024 9:56:13 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: SeekAndFind

Lyin’ Hoo Doo biatch.


9 posted on 08/30/2024 9:57:26 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“we can do what we have accomplished thus far.”

Doesn’t that mean you already did it ???


10 posted on 08/30/2024 10:02:12 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, black Trump supporter, executed in the street in broad daylight 2020.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s easy to change your position when you don’t intend to be bound by anything you say. If she’s called out on it, she will just spin another absurd justification to explain it away. Her supporters won’t care and the media will pretend it all makes perfect sense.


11 posted on 08/30/2024 10:23:11 AM PDT by Spok (Lots of protocol but nothing gets done.)
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To: SeekAndFind

TV ads for Trump should highlight the old and new Kamala stances and end with “How can you trust the latest position is the one she will have after election day?”

Stupid Pennsylvania voters who would trust her to allow fracking would be greeted with “I changed my mind. We have to fight climate change and defeat fossil fuel companies.”


12 posted on 08/30/2024 10:27:05 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: wardamneagle

These are questions that a prosecutor would ask. Since CNN and all the other propaganda media acts as a defense attorney for Democrats, they will never ask these questions.

Since they act as a prosecutor for Republicans, they would not only ask all these questions they would ask attack follow-ups over and over again.


13 posted on 08/30/2024 10:49:02 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Only the sane the others are still looking for the rainbow.


14 posted on 08/30/2024 10:52:26 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SeekAndFind

Harris like Biden is a pathological liar so no surprise here


15 posted on 08/30/2024 10:53:44 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: SeekAndFind
"Kamala Harris Invents 2020 Fracking Position To Hide Her Actual Views"


16 posted on 08/31/2024 12:52:50 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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