Harris Reportedly Flipping on Fracking Again

For months, Harris has been trying to convince the American people that she is no longer against fracking.

This is contrary to her 2019 position where she openly stated that she supported a fracking ban.

Now, her staffers are hinting that Harris is going to walk that back again.

The Harris Reversal

Numerous states in this country rely on fracking to support their economies, including the Blue Wall state of Pennsylvania.

During the 2020 election cycle, Harris made it clear that she supported banning fracking.

She, in fact, stated on the campaign trail, “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.”

She then later stated that she had never actually said it, and, of course, the media did not push back on her answer.

After being gifted the nomination in the 2024 cycle, she reversed her position, saying she no longer supports banning fracking.

Donald Trump has lit her up on numerous occasions, warning voters that Harris supported it 2019 and if she wins, she will support it again.

The narrative here is that Harris only saying what it takes to win, then she will go back to her progressive agenda.

To that point, during a recent rally, Trump told his supporters, “She’s against fracking, she’s against oil drilling, she wants everybody to have one electric car and share it with the neighbors.

“Harris has stated repeatedly that she supports, quote, banning fracking. I’ll ban fracking, I’ll ban it on my first day.”

One of Harris’ aides on climate now seems to be walking back Harris’ support of fracking.

Camila Thorndike, Harris’s climate engagement director, recently stated that Harris would support the blocking of land leases for fracking.

The campaign is now playing semantics, with Thorndike adding, “Just to be clear, Vice President Harris hasn’t said anything that the administration hasn’t already said.

“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.”

If we equate this to the abortion argument, Dems consider any legislation putting any restrictions on abortion as a ban.

For instance, if Trump said he would consider legislation that offered a 20-week window with exceptions, they would say he was signing a national abortion ban.

So, if Harris is not backing land leases for fracking, is that not also a ban?

To show you how important this revenue is to Pennsylvania, the state has already pulled in $3.2 billion in tax revenue, and more than 2,000 residents are receiving royalty payments totaling roughly $6 billion.

The industry also provides more than 120,000 jobs to Pennsylvanians, so, yeah, semantics matter in this case.