In the week following her announcement to run for president after President Biden’s exit from the race, Vice President Harris is now moderating her previously far-left positions.
During her earlier presidential campaign, Harris aligned with the more progressive segment of the Democratic Party. After ceasing her campaign in December 2019, she shifted her views in the summer of 2020 to embrace the radical ideals that gained traction after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests and unrest across the U.S.
In new clips featured in advertisements by Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick in Pennsylvania, Harris is captured on film opposing fracking and suggesting she would “consider” the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She referred to increasing police funding as “wrongheaded thinking” and pondered over letting felons have voting rights. Harris also expressed support for a “mandatory buyback program” for firearms and argued for the elimination of private health insurance, according to a summary of the ads by the New York Times.
As for fracking, which holds significant economic value in Pennsylvania—a vital battleground state in the upcoming 2024 election—Harris’s campaign made a pivot on Friday. An official from her re-election team informed The Hill that she will not pursue a ban on fracking if elected president.
This stance is a reversal from her comments made to CNN during her campaign for the 2020 presidential nomination.
“There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris declared back then.
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Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump addressed supporters in Minnesota, highlighting Harris’s opposition to fracking.
“Oh, that’s going to do well in Pennsylvania, isn’t it?” Trump remarked.
“Remember, Pennsylvania, I said it. She wants no fracking. She’s on tape. The beautiful thing about modern technology is when you say something, you’re screwed if it’s bad.”
A Harris campaign representative told the Times that the campaign plans to counter Republican critiques of her earlier left-wing comments by labeling them as exaggerations or misinformation about her history. The strategy includes portraying Harris as a candidate with strong law enforcement connections by emphasizing her experience as a local prosecutor and state attorney general in California, the newspaper reports.
Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)
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During a November 2018 confirmation hearing, then-Senator Harris asked Ronald Vitiello, Trump’s nominee to lead ICE, if he recognized the perceived similarities between ICE and the KKK.
In recent statements, Harris’s campaign has expressed support for the Biden administration’s budget plans for enhanced border enforcement funding, announced that she no longer opposes a single-payer health care system, and backed Biden’s proposal to ban assault weapons—though she now stands against any mandate for private gun owners to sell those weapons to the federal government.
This signifies that Harris is no longer advocating for Medicare-for-All.
“Kamala Harris has dedicated 20 years as a determined prosecutor who has incarcerated violent criminals,” Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Harris’s campaign, stated to the Times. “Her extensive law enforcement experience and record during the Biden-Harris administration counter Trump’s attempts to mischaracterize her with falsehoods.”
Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
The Trump campaign on Monday emphasized Harris’s remarks from 2019 about being “open to conversation” regarding expanding the Supreme Court. However, Harris’s campaign recently released a statement supporting Biden’s Supreme Court reform initiative, which includes proposals for term limits and ethical standards for justices but does not advocate adding more justices to the Supreme Court.
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Regarding videos depicting Harris expressing far-left views, “the archive is vast,” commented Brad Todd, a Republican strategist and ad creator collaborating with McCormick and other campaigns. “We will run out of time before we run out of video footage of Kamala Harris making peculiar California liberal statements. I’m just uncertain if the rest of this campaign will encompass much beyond that.”
