Harris Campaign Sheds Some Light On Her Energy Views, But It May Just Be ‘Gibberish Designed To Muddy A Record’
https://dailycaller.com/2024/09/09/kamala-harris-energy-environment-political-gibberish/
Nick Pope
The Harris campaign unveiled an explanation of her positions on energy issues on Monday, and the euphemistic language used signals that she has not truly moderated her views, according to energy experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
After Vice President Harris and her team mostly avoided divulging specifics about her policy stances for weeks, the campaign’s website debuted an “issues” page the day before the only scheduled debate of the 2024 presidential race. The energy section of her “issues” page does not include a single specific policy position and instead features a heavy dose of vague, euphemistic language meant to disguise her views on energy and environmental issues as more moderate than they truly are, energy experts told the DCNF.
The campaign’s explanation of Harris’ energy views is “the sort of political gibberish designed to muddy a record,” Dan Kish, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, told the DCNF. “Instead of trying to please everyone by being obtuse, she should just level with voters about her record, and hers is a record of making energy more expensive, less reliable and pushing to ban the kinds of energy we use the most because it meets people’s needs and family budgets. Her energy plan isn’t working in Europe, California or anywhere else it’s being pushed by politicians, no matter what she says.” (RELATED: Kamala Harris Unveils Policy Page That Doesn’t Address Flip-Flops, Hugs Biden Tight)
In a section of her issues page describing her plans to “Lower Energy Costs and Tackle The Climate Crisis,” the campaign states that Harris wants to “unite Americans to tackle the climate crisis” while building upon President Joe Biden’s energy agenda.
“As Attorney General, Kamala Harris won tens of millions in settlements against Big Oil and held polluters accountable. As Vice President, she cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in history,” the website reads. “This historic work is lowering household energy costs, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and building a thriving clean energy economy, all while ensuring America’s energy security and independence with record energy production.”