Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down in her first interview since ascending to the highest of the Democratic presidential ticket that she wouldn’t ban fracking if elected, claiming she made “clear” the place she stood on fracking in the course of the 2020 election.
“No, and I made that clear on the talk stage in 2020 that I might not ban fracking. As vice chairman, I didn’t ban fracking. As president, I cannot ban fracking,” Harris stated.
Earlier than Harris dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, she stated in a CNN city corridor “there’s no query I’m in favor of banning fracking” on her first day in workplace.
“And beginning with what we will do on day one round public lands, proper?” she continued. “After which there needs to be laws, however, sure, that’s one thing I’ve taken on in California. I’ve a historical past of engaged on this concern and to your level we’ve to only acknowledge that the residual influence of fracking is big when it comes to the well being and security of communities.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris in her first sit-down interview with the media since rising to the highest of the Democratic ticket. (CNN)
CNN host Dana Bash requested Harris about her 2019 remarks, sparking Harris to reply that she was “clear” on fracking throughout her run as Biden’s vice presidential choose.
“In 2020, I made very clear the place I stand. We’re in 2024, and I’ve not modified that place, though I’ve gone ahead. I saved my phrase, and I’ll hold my phrase,” Harris continued.
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for a marketing campaign rally in Savannah, Ga., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin)
“Let’s be clear. My values haven’t modified. I imagine it is rather vital that we take significantly what we should do to protect towards what’s a transparent disaster when it comes to the local weather. And to do this, we will do what we’ve completed up to now. The Inflation Discount Act — what we’ve finished to speculate, by my calculation, over… a trillion {dollars} over the subsequent 10 years, investing in a clear vitality economic system. What we have already finished: creating over 300,000 new clear vitality jobs,” she continued.
Harris was requested about fracking throughout her 2020 vice presidential debate towards then-Vice President Mike Pence, however didn’t reveal her place on fracking, as an alternative saying Biden wouldn’t ban fracking. Fox Information Digital reviewed a transcript of the 2020 vice presidential debate, and located “fracking” was talked about 9 occasions, with Harris utilizing the phrase twice.
“Joe Biden is not going to finish fracking. He has been very clear about that,” Harris stated in the course of the debate in 2020 cycle.
“I’ll repeat and the American individuals know that Joe Biden is not going to ban fracking. That could be a truth. That could be a truth,” she added throughout one other portion of the talk.
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage in the course of the first day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Heart on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)
Harris was joined by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the course of the interview, which comes 68 days earlier than Election Day. Harris has largely aovided the media since rising to the highest of the ticker after Biden dropped out of the race final month.
The CNN interview marks her first sit-down interview with the media, whereas she has not held a press convention in 39 days, when she first emerged because the presumptive nominee.
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Harris traveled to Chicago final week, the place she formally accepted her get together’s nomination on the Democratic Nationwide Conference.
