Harris the climate hawk tries to move toward the middle
Washington Examiner | 8/02/24 | Nancy Vu

Vice President Kamala Harris once was the left’s dream “climate” candidate — calling for a ban on fracking, launching investigations into Big Oil companies, and cosponsoring the Green New Deal. But as she looks to win the White House, she has moved toward the center to win over votes in key energy states, while also seeking to retain support from environmentalist groups.

Since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has walked back her 2019 call to ban fracking. On Wednesday, she also reversed her stance on supporting a federal job guarantee, which was included in the Green New Deal resolution she once co-sponsored.

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“I call it Pennsylvania-pandering,” American Energy Institute founder and CEO Jason Isaac said of Harris’s recent campaign statements on fracking. “I really think all this is because she recognizes the importance of the electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Ohio.”

Ohi-ho’ing?

Texas-kissing?

How-Dare-Utah?

“The political party that once brought us Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman is now strapped with such a dearth of talent that the best it can offer is a giggling nincompoop for the highest office in the land.

“Ever since she first achieved statewide office in California, it has been painfully obvious that Ms. Harris was a pathetic lightweight…”

— Mark C. Ross, American Thinker | 1 Aug, 2024

The Evaporating Kamala Harris