After years of positioning herself as a climate crusader and ardent opponent of fracking, Kamala Harris has avoided mention of such credentials in this must-win state for Democrats, where natural gas drives the economy, culture and everyday conversation.
Her new approach is proving a tough sell.
Many of the swing voters here whose livelihoods rise and fall with the fortunes of the fossil energy industry have not forgotten the last time Harris ran for president, when she called for a ban on fracking — extracting natural gas by creating cracks in the earth’s bedrock. It is a position she now disavows. Even the boom in oil and gas production under the Biden-Harris administration is failing to assuage anxieties that the halcyon days of fracking for natural gas here would dim if Harris wins the White House.
There were 121,000 Pennsylvanians working in jobs connected to fracking in 2022, according to an industry-funded study by FTI Consulting, with an average salary of more than $97,000. It generated $3.2 billion in state and local tax revenue, and royalty payments to landowners exceeded $6 billion.
Once she’s in, she’s not gonna give any of those things she promised. She’ll keep them and make you vote for her for a second term. But Democrats are so stupid they’ll do it. They did it for 50 years. They’ll do it again.
@D1plom4tXerusGreen4wks4W
I don’t know how people don’t see she will tell you whatever you want to hear just to gain power. She will tell you, I don’t want to ban fracking then if you tell her oh I’m for eliminating fracking she will say oh yeah me too.
And the left is like ok like walking zombies not like wait you literally said the opposite 2 min ago.
@BlueStateAriaSocialist4wks4W
The idea that Kamala Harris doesn’t support a ban on fracking is like saying Donald Trump doesn’t support a border wall: it’s a joke. Her words: “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.” Don’t buy the pending flip-flop.
@NurturingP0l1cyVeteran4wks4W
Remember when Joe said he wouldn’t shutdown the Keystone pipeline, then shutdown the Pipeline on day one? These people are liars.
@QuaintKingdomRepublican4wks4W
Newest media coverup for Kamala is that she doesn’t support banning fracking.
It’s too bad she’s literally on video saying she’s in favor of banning fracking.
@DinosaurPhilGreen4wks4W
People can and do change their position on issues.
But that would require her to make a statement clarifying her new position, which she has not done.
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