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Since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, the Kamala Harris campaign and multiple media outlets have attempted to rewrite history regarding her radical policy views, according to a statement from the Trump campaign.
Her campaign now claims Harris is in favor of fracking, although she clearly stated in 2019, “There is no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.”
In a recent media interview, a Harris campaign intern said that Harris has “been very clear” on her fracking position. However, Harris has never publicly stated that she supports fracking.
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick has campaigned strongly in the state to inform voters about Harris’ opposition to an industry that accounts for five percent of Pennsylvania’s workforce, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
McCormick posted a compilation of video clips where Harris vowed to end fracking. The video included clips of his Democratic opponent, incumbent Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, attesting to her inspiring attributes and capabilities.
Casey recently punted when asked about Harris’ flip-flopping on fracking. He told the New York Post, “I’ll let the vice president speak to it herself,” adding that she would have multiple opportunities to explain her stance during upcoming visits to Pennsylvania.
In July, a campaign spokesperson said that claims about Harris wanting to ban fracking were “false.”
The Harris campaign also recently said that she was not in support of an Electric Vehicle (EV) mandate, but her voting record says otherwise. In 2019 when she was still in the Senate, Harris co-sponsored the Zero-Emissions Vehicle Act, which would have forced car manufacturers to make only zero-emissions vehicles by 2040.
Harris has not shifted her intention to tax unrealized capital gains, which would force stockholders to pay taxes on gains from stocks they have yet to sell. During a recent CNBC “Squawk Box” interview, Harris economic advisor Bharat Ramamurti attempted to defend the position but was met with pushback from the hosts.
When Ramamurti claimed that property taxes were unrealized capital gains, both hosts shook their heads in disagreement and made clear that property taxes were “use taxes” and that a person’s home value “never moves the way a stock moves.”
It is unclear whether Harris will be put on the spot to defend her history of supporting such radical policies during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, but millions of Americans will soon find out.
