Fetterman dodges questions on his, Harris’ previous stance on fracking

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman dodged questions astir his and Vice President Kamala Harris’ erstwhile comments against fracking during a Sunday interrogation connected NBC’s "Meet the Press."

"It's truthful unusual wherefore we support talking astir fracking," the Democratic legislator said erstwhile asked astir Harris’ reversal connected the contented implicit the past fewer years. "Back successful 2020 I said it mightiness beryllium an contented but that it’s not going to beryllium a defining issue, and present successful 2024 we’re inactive trying astir fracking."

The comments travel as Harris has continued to look disapproval for her reversal connected the contented of fracking implicit the past fewer years, going from supporting a prohibition connected the signifier during her unsuccessful bid for president during the 2020 predetermination to vowing not to enactment specified a prohibition past month.

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Sen. John FettermaN (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

But Fetterman insisted that fracking is not an important contented during his interrogation Sunday, alternatively pivoting to attacking erstwhile President Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance for their comments connected Haitian migrants successful Springfield, Ohio.

"The different side, they’re talking astir eating cats and geese and dogs and saying absurd things," Fetterman said. "Having a superior argumentation speech erstwhile the different broadside is conscionable perfectly connected fire."

Fetterman was past confronted with his ain reversal connected the issue, including a punctuation from 2016 successful which helium called fracking a "stain" connected the authorities of Pennsylvania and different successful 2018 successful which helium said helium doesn’t "support fracking astatine all." But by 2022 Fetterman had changed his tune, NBC News pointed out, displaying a punctuation successful which helium said helium "absolutely" supported fracking.

Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a run lawsuit successful Madison, Wisconsin, connected Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"What precisely bash you similar astir fracking," Fetterman was asked.

"It’s unusual for immoderate weird gotcha taking quotes retired of discourse and present I americium now, I americium a United States legislator I won by 5 points," Fetterman responded. "I afloat enactment fracking and truthful does Vice President Harris," helium continued, earlier again pivoting to attacking the Republican summons for their claims connected "eating dogs."

Fetterman’s location state of Pennsylvania, wherever fracking remains popular, figures to play a captious relation successful November’s election, with Trump having narrowly won the authorities successful 2016 earlier a likewise constrictive decision astatine the hands of President Biden successful the authorities successful 2020.

Former President Trump, speaks during a rally, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, successful Uniondale, New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Fetterman acknowledged that the contention betwixt Trump and Harris volition beryllium "very close," though helium pushed backmost against the conception that the state’s ballot would beryllium "defined by fracking."

Harris presently holds a constrictive pb successful the state, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average, garnering 48.3% enactment to Trump’s 47.6%, a 0.7 constituent margin.