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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 throughout the 2020 election.
“No, and I made that clear on the controversy stage in 2020 that I’d not ban fracking. As vp, I didn’t ban fracking. As president, I can’t 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 situation and to your level we’ve got to simply acknowledge that the residual impression of fracking is gigantic 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 preserve 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 Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)
“Let’s be clear. My values haven’t modified. I imagine it is vitally essential that we take critically what we should do to protect in opposition to what’s a transparent disaster when it comes to the local weather. And to do this, we will do what we’ve got completed so far. The Inflation Discount Act — what we’ve got completed to speculate, by my calculation, over… a trillion {dollars} over the subsequent 10 years, investing in a clear power financial system. What we have already completed: creating over 300,000 new clear power jobs,” she continued.
Harris was requested about fracking throughout her 2020 vice presidential debate in opposition to then-Vice President Mike Pence, however didn’t reveal her place on fracking, as a substitute 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 throughout 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 reality. That could be a reality,” she added throughout one other portion of the controversy.
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage throughout the first day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Heart on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
Harris was joined by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz throughout 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 social gathering’s nomination on the Democratic Nationwide Conference.
