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CBS Pittsburgh's Jon Delano spoke with Harris in an interview Tuesday, challenging her to clarify her evolving position on fracking, one of several key issues on which she has been accused of flip-flopping for ends. policies.
“I wanted to ask you if there is a political ad on television during a public climate room meeting in 2019, in which you basically said, quote: 'There is no doubt that I am in favor 'ban on fracking', unquote,” the interviewer said. “The ad claims that if you are elected president, you will ban fracking and it will cost Pennsylvania more than 300,000 jobs. Have you changed your views on fracking, and if so, why?”
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KDKA-TV's Jon Delano spoke with Harris in an exclusive interview, challenging her to clarify her position on fracking.
“So let me start by saying that this ad, as you described it, is absolutely a misinterpretation, which I think is intended to make people fear my presidency,” Harris said.
“Let me be absolutely clear, as I said when I said it in 2020, I will not ban fracking. I did not do that as vice president. In fact “I voted to split more fracking leases,” she added, referring to her role as vice president in passing the so-called Inflation Reduction Act. Senate deadlocked.
In 2020, Harris was asked about fracking during her vice presidential debate against then-Vice President Mike Pence, but did not reveal a reversal of her stated opposition to fracking in 2019, simply saying that Biden would not ban fracking as president.
“Joe Biden will not end fracking. He's been very clear about that,” Harris said.
“I say it again and the American people know that Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That's a fact. That's a fact,” she added during another part of the debate.
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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the Douglas campus of Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
On Tuesday, Harris said, “My view on this is based on a number of things, including the fact that we don't need to ban fracking to do the work that we can do to also invest in clean energy saving. »
She then made multiple promises to American voters.
“I'm going to bring jobs back to rural communities. I'm going to make sure that we invest in communities that have done the kind of work that you have in mind when you talk about Pittsburgh, when you talk about the greater aspect of Pennsylvania,” she promised. “And I’m going to continue to do this work.”
“That's where I am, period. As president of the United States, I will not ban fracking,” Harris said.
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Aubrie Spady and Emma Colton of Fox News contributed to this report.