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Join Telegram ChannelVice President Kamala Harris defended her reversals on key policies such as energy in an excerpt from her first media interview since becoming Democratic president.
“Generally speaking, how should voters view some of the changes that you’ve made?” CNN host Dana Bash asked Harris in the clip that aired late Thursday afternoon. “… Is it because you’re more experienced now and you’ve learned more about the news? Is it because you were running for president in a Democratic primary? And should they feel comfortable and confident that what you’re saying now is going to be your policy going forward?”
Harris responded that her “values have not changed” throughout her political career.
“I think the most important and significant aspect of my political perspective and my decisions is that my values have not changed. You mentioned the Green New Deal. I have always believed, and I have worked on this issue, that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent problem that we need to apply measures to that include meeting deadlines. We did that with the Inflation Reduction Act,” Harris responded.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Harris has been accused by voters, political pundits and the Trump campaign of flip-flopping on key policies since becoming the Democratic nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race last month. On fracking, for example, Harris’ campaign announced last month that the vice president did not support a ban on fracking. Oil extraction technique which enjoys broad support in key states like Pennsylvania.
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This position, however, is in stark contrast to her comments as a primary candidate during a town hall event on CNN in 2019, when Harris said there was “no question that I support banning fracking.”
Harris also distanced herself from Medicare for All and the semi-automatic rifle buyback programs, after publicly touting both programs during her failed 2020 primary campaign.
A billboard reads “DNC 2024” ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center on August 16, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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“We have set targets for the United States of America, and by extension, for the entire world, around which we should achieve certain standards for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Harris continued in her comments to CNN on Thursday.
“For example, that value has not changed. My value about what we need to do to secure our border. That value has not changed. I spent two terms as attorney general of California prosecuting transnational criminal organizations, violations of U.S. laws regarding the passage, the illegal passage, of weapons, drugs and human beings across our border, my values have not changed,” she said.
Harris and Walz will sit down for an interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash that will air Thursday night. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The network will air Harris' full interview at 9 p.m. Thursday night, and Bash will tell his audience Thursday afternoon that the interview will delve into Harris' policies on the economy, inflation, the environment and immigration.
The interview was conducted in the swing state of Georgia, at Kim's Cafe, a black-owned restaurant in Savannah. Harris was accompanied by her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Mike Lee of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.