Kamala Harris would not seek fracking ban if elected to White House in November: Campaign

A spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign said on Friday that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would not seek a federal ban on fracking if she's elected to the White House in November.

Harris previously claimed that she would support a ban on the technique during her initial run for the Oval Office in 2020, but the Biden administration has not sought such a ban.

The comment comes after former President Donald Trump raised the issue during a campaign stop in North Carolina on Wednesday, where he told voters that they would pay "so much money" due to the ban that " you’re going to say ‘bring back Trump.’”

The campaign spokesperson pushed back on the statement, characterizing the claims as "false" in order to distract from the fact that he would hurt America's middle class in order to benefit oil and gas executives.

“The Biden-Harris Administration passed the largest ever climate change legislation and under their leadership, America now has the highest ever domestic energy production,” the spokesperson told The Hill. “This Administration created 300,000 energy jobs, while Trump lost nearly a million and his Project 2025 would undo the enormous progress we’ve made the past four years.”

The Harris campaign has attempted to lump Project 2025 with Trump, because parts of the plan were written by former Trump administration officials, but Trump has tried to distance himself from the project.

The United States Oil and Gas Association welcomed the promise in a post to social media, but claimed it wanted the comment in writing. 

"Let the word go forth from this time and place: We're amending the Energy Contract with America and expect the VP to put this promise in writing before November," the group said in a post to X.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.