Camilla Thorndike [pictured above]A top climate adviser to the Harris-Walz campaign abruptly walked back her recent remarks saying Vice President Kamala Harris would be hostile to oil and gas drilling as a future president, effectively reversing her stance on the candidate reversal. [emphasis, links added]
In a statement on Monday, Thorndike lamented that he had not been clear enough in telling the story. Politico The one last week Harris isn't 'promoting oil drilling expansion' and suggest Harris doesn't like provisions in the 2022 inflation reduction bill that would mandate fossil fuel leases.
Thorndike serves as Harris' “director of climate engagement.”
“I have not explained myself clearly here,” Thorndike said on Monday. “Contrary to Trump's claims, the Vice President has not banned fracking, nor does he support a ban on fracking, in fact Decisive vote on biggest climate change law ever, Yes, this opens up new fracking leases. People know that's where she stands.
Well, Harris' new position in October is that she now opposes fracking and no longer supports her position in July, when she changed her position to support fracking, which then changed her previous stance in June against fracking Position on fracking?
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— United States Oil & Gas Association (@US_OGA) October 21, 2024
It's unclear how Thorndike's new statement clarifies her remarks last week. Thorndike did not respond to a request for comment. washington free beacon.
Thorndike's inconsistency underscores the Harris-Walz campaign's broader efforts to get its message out on energy issues.
While Harris often promotes far-left climate policies—such as a nationwide electric vehicle mandate, a Green New Deal, and a ban on fracking—She has repudiated past positions and sought to adopt more moderate positions before replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.
Harris has touted rising domestic oil production and emphasized on the campaign trail that the Inflation Reduction Act requires fossil fuel leases.
“As vice president, I cast the deciding vote that actually increased fracking leasing. So I know exactly where I stand,” Harris told CNN in August.
“My position is that we must invest in a variety of energy sources so that we can be less dependent on foreign oil. “We had the largest growth in domestic oil production in history because we recognized that we cannot be overly dependent on foreign oil.”
Thorndike's comments Politico They are notable because they appear to contradict Harris' newfound support for fossil fuels.
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