Kamala Harris’ political positions seem to simply be whatever she thinks will get her elected.
Her entire platform can be reduced to simply being the anti-Trump candidate.
And Kamala Harris pulled another u-turn with this massive flip-flop in the closing days of the election.
Kamala on fracking
High gas and energy costs have plagued the Biden-Harris regime.
Americans are fed up with the high cost of filling up their tanks and heating their homes.
Environmental extremists want to ban fracking, which would drive those energy costs up even more.
And Kamala Harris can’t seem to make up her mind on whether she sides with hard-working Americans or with environmental radicals.
During the 2020 primary, Harris said “there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.”
But in an attempt to appear more moderate, she has recently walked back that stance, and even tried to claim she never said she would ban fracking.
“I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020,” she told CNN’s Dana Bash during an interview. “That I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking.”
Harris cast the deciding vote to pass the “Inflation Reduction Act” that included expanding leases for fracking.
But now her campaign seems to be making another u-turn back toward the extreme environmentalist position.
“Just to be clear, Vice President Harris hasn’t said anything that the administration hasn’t already said,” Camila Thorndike, Harris’ climate engagement director told POLITICO. “She is not promoting expansion [of fracking leases]. She’s just said that they wouldn’t ban fracking and the fact that anyone could look up is that the IRA required leases, and that was not something that she promoted.”
Pennsylvania voters want to know where she stands
Pennsylvania has become the biggest battleground during the 2024 election.
Both Harris and Trump are campaigning heavily in the Keystone State, and many political pundits believe that whoever wins Pennsylvania will head to the White House next year.
The fracking issue poses a problem for Harris with Keystone State voters.
If fracking stopped in Pennsylvania, it would mean job losses and loss of state revenue.
Roughly 121,000 Pennsylvania jobs are linked to the fracking industry.
Around 2000 landowners in Pennsylvania are currently receiving royalties from fracking leases, which are in turn taxed to fund the state.
Fracking generated $3.2 billion in revenue for Pennsylvania in 2022, according to the Washington Post.
A fracking ban would almost certainly lead to Pennsylvanians’ taxes being raised to make up for the losses.
Clearly, coming out against fracking would hurt her with Pennsylvania voters.
But the Harris campaign has another problem.
Socialist environmental extremist Green Party candidate Jill Stein is polling close to 1% nationally, which could be enough to cost Harris in key battleground states.
Democrats clearly see Stein as a threat, as they have launched legal challenges to try to get her removed from the ballot in several states.
So Harris’ inconsistent statements on fracking are an attempt to avoid angering either side.
Americans can see through Harris.
A recent Economist/YouGov poll, showed 48% of Americans believe Harris will say whatever she thinks people want to hear, while only 36% think she believes what she says.
The fracking issue is just one example of Harris being unwilling to take any type of concrete stance on the issues.
