Nick Pope
Contributor
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has said she no longer endorses a ban on fracking, but political strategists and energy experts say the sudden policy shift will do little to move the needle with key voters in November.
Harris said in 2020 there is “no question” she would end fracking if elected president, but her campaign recently told The Hill she no longer wants to outlaw the practice after videos of her endorsing a ban resurfaced following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race. The campaign can walk back Harris’ old fracking position as it pleases, but it likely won’t be enough to allay the concerns of crucial voting blocs — particularly more rural, blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania — that Harris may wage war on the industry or otherwise escalate Biden’s climate agenda to their detriment if elected, political strategists and energy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“She is going to find herself between a rock and a hard place on the issue of fracking, and also other issues like Gaza, too. She has all of her past statements, and the Biden-Harris administration record, which is against fracking and exports of liquefied natural gas,” Jon McHenry, a GOP polling analyst and vice president at North Star Opinion Research, told the DCNF. “And that’s great for her base supporters, the people who were upset about Joe Biden representing Democrats a couple weeks ago and are excited about Kamala Harris, who want her to ban fracking, and they’re excited to have a younger, more liberal candidate running for president.” (RELATED: Trump Campaign’s Simple Plan To Destroy Kamala Harris: Get Her Off-Script)
“The problem is she’s got to win independents in states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and Michigan and Georgia, North Carolina and Arizona, who want to see more energy developed in this country and for us to be more energy independent,” McHenry continued. “She wants to have her energy and ban it too.”
However, Harris could find a politically viable solution to her public perception problem on fracking if she were to disavow her old position and explain to voters that experiences in the White House — such as seeing how global energy markets were impacted by the Ukraine war — led her to change her mind, McHenry explained to the DCNF.
Fracking is a technique for extracting oil and gas from certain underground rock formations, and it enabled a natural gas boom in the U.S., with American natural gas consumption increasing by approximately 40% between 2000 and 2023 as the U.S. became the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
The Biden administration decided in January to freeze approvals for new LNG export terminals, a move that critics say was meant to appease climate-focused voters and deep-pocketed environmental interests ahead of an election.
“Climate change and banning fracking were CENTRAL to her 2020 campaign! I mean, she went on the Tonight Show and performed a song about it! Nobody is going to believe anything other than she’s a climate cultist,” Scott Jennings, a political strategist and an on-air pundit for CNN, told the DCNF. “She’s the Greta of the U.S. government, and that ought to scare the bejeezus out of every energy worker in Pennsylvania and any American who would suffer under her obviously radical views.”
Harris has already racked up endorsements from major, deep-pocketed environmental organizations that oppose fracking just weeks after announcing her candidacy. Meanwhile, two of the more radical groups in the environmentalist movement — the Sunrise Movement and Climate Defiance — have so far withheld official endorsements.
“If I’m looking at the options around the election this November, there’s a lot of ways in which Kamala Harris will be immensely easier to pressure and change on that than a Donald Trump presidency would,” Aru Shiney-Ajay, the Sunrise Movement’s executive director, told reporters Monday, according to Politico.
Climate Defiance, which has protested against Harris with one of its disruptive demonstrations, has made demands for Harris to meet to demonstrate that she is a candidate who can “usher in an era of equity and sustainability.” The demands include ensuring that there is no more oil and gas infrastructure development and ending oil and gas leasing on federally-controlled lands and waters.
The political and electoral ramifications of Harris’ fracking flip-flop could be most visible in Pennsylvania, a huge natural gas producer and a crucial swing state in the 2024 cycle. Former President Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016 by a tight margin before losing it to Biden in 2020 in another close race; the state figures to be hotly-contested again in 2024, according to McHenry, with a new poll from Susquehanna Polling showing Harris up on Trump by four percentage points with 7% of respondents unsure who they will back in November.
Pennsylvania produced more natural gas than any state other than Texas in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and the natural gas industry directly or indirectly supported about 123,000 jobs in the state as of 2022, according to an August 2023 report prepared by FTI Consulting for the Marcellus Shale Coalition. (RELATED: Could Joe Biden’s Natural Gas Pause Cost Dems The Senate In November?)
“Going back on her 2019 comments about banning fracking or abolishing the filibuster to pass the Green New Deal doesn’t change the facts that the Biden-Harris administration paused the expansion of LNG exports, exacerbated our looming reliability crisis with subsidized unreliable weather-dependent energy sources with the Inflation Reduction Act, and allowed federal agencies to over-regulate every coal and natural gas power plant in the nation providing reliable and affordable energy,” André Béliveau, senior manager of energy policy for the Commonwealth Foundation, told the DCNF. “Harris can backpedal on her 2019 comments all she wants, but her record from the last four years is clear.”
Dave McCormick, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, is already running an advertisement attacking Harris’ energy positions and tying together the vice president and his opponent, incumbent Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey.
Some pundits have suggested that Harris could mitigate risks she may face in Pennsylvania by picking Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. However, selecting Shapiro could cause problems for Harris in other states and isolate voting blocs she needs to win due to his support of Israel and criticisms of pro-Palestinian activists, McHenry told the DCNF.
“Bob Casey and Kamala Harris have opposed Pennsylvania energy every step of the way, and their anti-fossil fuel agenda would be disastrous for our commonwealth and the 600,000 workers who rely on the energy sector for a paycheck,” McCormick said in a statement shared with the DCNF. “Banning fracking and abolishing the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal may be popular among the far-left, but here in Pennsylvania these radical proposals are radically out of step with the needs of working families.”
The Harris and Casey campaigns did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
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Let’s go Brenda
Tee Hee. Is that the female equivalent of Brandon? [Asking for a fiend.]
No, it’s creative bankruptcy
How so???
Putting Brenda in the big chair would cause Global Bankruptcy as her first XO would be to (temporarily) end the filibuster so she could get the bankrupting GND to pass
Is the “fiend” you are asking for named Donald?
Long live Brandon (6 months please).
Keep Brenda out of the seat
The very first thing the Biden/Harris administration did was to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. Kamala Harris did not disagree with that at all.
Kamala Harris is on record as being anti fossil fuel, anti fracking, anti LNG and anti pipelines.
She has not changed her mind, that’s not what progressives do. For anyone to say otherwise is simply disinformation designed to affect an election.
“The very first thing the Biden/Harris administration did was to kill the Keystone XL pipeline”
The XL pipeline extension was almost dead under Trump. Only 8% was completed in his four years. Meanwhile, no US oil refinery was without oil, so the pipeline extension was obviously not needed.
US oil production is setting records under Biden.
How US oil production hit a record under Biden despite climate policies (reuters.com)
“Almost no matter the metric, the U.S. oil and gas industry has flourished under President Joe Biden, even though his administration has pushed hard to transition the U.S. economy toward a carbon-free future to fight climate change.”
“Biden’s policy choices could damage oil and gas in years to come, even if they are having little impact now.”
Let’s not allow anti-Biden bias to get in the way of actual data.
As with Obama, oil and gas production flourished IN SPITE OF Biden’s policies, NOT BECAUSE OF his policies.
Biden’s law-breaking refusals to hold REQUIRED BY LAW oil exploration leases will bake in future shortages. He has done a lot of long-term damage.
Short-term oil companies made big profits, due to prices being driven up by the lack of SUFFICIENT SUPPLY that WAS the result of his policies.
The US was a NET EXPORTER of oil and gas under Trump, but BIDEN’S policies quickly turned the US back into a NET IMPORTER of oil (at least, not sure about gas).
“The US was a NET EXPORTER of oil and gas under Trump, but BIDEN’S policies quickly turned the US back into a NET IMPORTER of oil” AGW
Total BS:
Crude oil exports of about 4.06 million b/d accounted for 40% of total U.S. gross petroleum exports. The resulting total net petroleum imports (imports minus exports) were about -1.64 million b/d, which means that the United States was a net petroleum exporter of 1.64 million b/d in 2023
So, you’re saying Trump would be bad for energy and prices because he isn’t the pro-fossil fuel promoter the Dems are? This administration is restricting production as much as politically possible.
And exactly where are all the pro-production initiatives undertaken by this administration to achieve the production done in spite of the administration?
I’m saying Biden is at war with the oil and gas industry but their oil and gas production proves he is losing that war.
The US energy industry would probably do better under Trump but the Deep State is against them too. Their subsidies and mandates for solar farms, wind farms and EVs (here and in other Nut Zero nations) can only hurt US oil and gas demand in the long run.
The energy industry damage is small so far because we don’t get much electricity from wind and solar, and not many people buy EVs
Click-Bait Greene tries to run another one.
A brilliant comment
Have it printed and framed
Send a copy to your mother.
When is Biden going to refill the national strategic oil reserve as promised?
Play the jeopardy theme.
The Energy Department has been refilling the reserve at an average purchase price was $77 a barrel, it said on Monday. In addition, the agency said it has accelerated the return of 5.5 million barrels it loaned to oil companies. Exxon Mobil and Macquarie were awarded the contracts announced on Monday.
“The Biden administration says it has replenished the 180 million barrels of oil it withdrew from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to high prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
I have strong doubts about the accuracy of that claim.
As of May 2024, the reserves were way down from three years earlier.
370,167,000 barrels May 2024
633,428,000 barrels May 2021
Trump was ready to refill the reserves “to the top” at $25/barrel (The Hill). Biden is making a tiny dent in the drastically reduced reserves at $79.99/barrel (Bloomberg).
From Y Charts:
“Only 8% was completed in his four years.” Why was that? Was it Trump’s fault? Or was it because of frivolous law suits by climatistas and Native Americans?
Everything that happens while a man is president is his fault even when it is not his fault.
The high inflation rate in 2021 and 2022 was Trump’s fault, but Biden is blamed because he was president at the time.
your opinion and that’s all it is
The economy needed to be stimulated to reduce the high 6 percent unemployment rate Biden inherited and that injection of extra money caused inflation to increase.
The economy was suppressed … there was no need for stimulations … just get the fck out of the way.
Hah! . . . what a laugher. Perhaps you imagine the US judicial system has an “anti-Biden” bias?
Check out “Biden’s executive orders not holding up in court | Dan Abrams Live” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeAaADpJVw )
having this text summary:
“During his presidency {as of Sept 1, 2022}, President Joe Biden has issued at least four executive orders that have all been struck down by the courts. Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, said it’s a ‘cynical governance ploy’ when presidents issue orders they know are likely to be overruled in court.”
And this, more recently (June 30, 2023):
“Supreme Court rules that Joe Biden’s executive order forgiving student loan debt unconstitutional”
(https://altoday.com/archives/52417-supreme-court-rules-that-joe-bidens-executive-order-forgiving-student-loan-debt-unconstitutional )
having this introductory paragraph:
“On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s controversial executive order to forgive millions of student loans exceeded the powers of the President as enumerated by the Constitution.”
I say let’s not allow Biden and pro-Biden bias to subvert the US Constitution.
Democrats do not recognize the Constitution because the SCOTUS does not have a police force or an army.
The claim that Biden is killing the oil and gas industry is easily refuted by record US oil and gas production data … that many Trump fans prefer to ignore.
Yes, thank you . . . this is the existential threat to democracy in the USA.
Not to Greene, but to rebut his arrogant stupidity.
High and higher energy costs are the only way to prop up the solar/wind/green fantasy & pretend the green revolution has a chance.
Not Biden hisself, but the ones running the policies are doing what they can to harm REAL energy production. The fact that oil & gas aren’t being killed has nothing to do with anything except for the ignorance & arrogance of the Greene fantasy.
She has not changed her mind, that’s not what progressives do.
What mind?
A video is worth a million words=====>
My advice is to ignore everything a politician says that you like in the six months before an election.
Just politicians by what they accomplish on the job, not what they say. I’m not sure what Harris accomplished other than winning every electino in her career.
In my opinion this is an election where you choose between a blowhard and a dingbat.
Trump as President was defeated by the Deep Administrative State and Covid. Harris as VP was defeated by her own incompetence.
The issue in this election may be who does a better job reading a teleprompter. Harris is better. She can read. Trump prefers his usual off the cuff BS telling us how great he was as President, an illusion in his own mind..
We live in a sick society where one candidate lies about his record and the other candidate lies about her policies. The mass media fact checks Trump but ignores the Harris record and tries to spin her as a moderate.
Thye lying on both sides has become an epidemic. It reminds me of a John Lennin song:
Gimme Some Truth (live vocal out-take) (youtube.com)
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Is he related to Vladimir Lenin, but with 2 ‘n’s?
Are you an American? Do you vote?
I think RG said hs was going to vote for the blowhard.
I’ll vote for a blowhard who likes this country over a dingbat who hates this country every day of the week. I voted for one Democrat one time in 1972 and never voted for another Democrat again. The purpose of my blog is to recommend conservative author articles that refute Democrat lies and deceptions. That’s why many articles from here are recommended.
The Honest Climate Science and Energy Blog
Yes, I was right, here it is finally: Click-Bait Greene tries to lure more unsuspecting rubes with his alleged “blog”.
A blowhard that pretends he likes the country to get votes.
He said he will be dictator for a day, that’s long enough to tear up the Constitution and arrest the Congress and Supreme Court.
Just a couple of days ago he said the people won’t have to vote anymore if he is elected.
Neither of those two terrible statements suggest that he likes the country.
Did Biden tell the public in advance about all the Executive Orders he signed immediately upon being inaugurated?
As I understand things, Trump stated that he would be a “dictator for day one, just to overturn all Biden’s Executive Orders”
amiright?
You have TDS real bad. You need counseling.
Trump jokes that he will be dictator for one day, and you take him seriously. The Left distorts everything Trump says, in order to try to demonize Trump.
Trump says if you elect him, he will fix the voting system so Democrats can’t cheat. He also says he only has four more years if elected, so you won’t need to vote for him after that. TDS victims equate that to Trump tearing up the U.S. Constituion.
Trump was president before. He could have turned into a dictator then, if he had the inclination, especially after believing he had been cheated out of the election. But Trump didn’t do that, did he.
As of today, it is estimated that Trump will get 68 percent of Electoral College votes, which makes Trump the next president, if that figure holds up.
Get your TDS crying towel ready.
Well stated, Tom.
He could have turned into a dictator then
Dictator- like ignoring SCOTUS decisions on his EO’s, or proposing legislation and/or EOs to dictate rules for one of the other co-equal branches of government, including rules that override the constitutional term limits for that branch? But it’s not Trump doing that.
“I’ll vote for a blowhard who likes this country over a dingbat who hates this country every day of the week.”
I knew you were a practical man. 🙂
I had just finished a comment at another website about Lenin and then made this comment about Lennon. Which gave you an opportunity to give me a hard time
I do vote but unfortunately Michigan is a blue state
I voted for Trump in 2020 and will vote for him again in 2024. He is still a blowhard and I can’t listen to his self-promoting speeches, telling us he will fix all the problems on day one. Trump is a world class BS artist.
I would not vote for Harris if she was running unopposed for local dog catcher.
MAGA will turn Michigan red mate..
Trump lost the after midnight on Election Day “vote” here in 2020.
Do you want a prize now?
What’s her name?
Third paragraph … you just described yourself. Except for the ‘world-class’. It needs to be replaced (at best) second-class.
The blowhard’s policies are far more intelligent, making the best choice obvious and easy.
Despite Republicans controlling both houses of Congress in 2017 and 2018, not many of Trump’s policies became reality. The Administrative Deep State battled him along with RINOs.
Trump’s tariff policies are counterproductive.
Trump’s financing of the rushed to market Covid shot was a medical disaster.
Trump’s first term ended at a low point. But four years of Biden was enough to make any other President look good.
JFK was another president with good policies who could not get much accomplished.
JFK didn’t have enough time. He’s still worshiped here in Irish-achusetts- with his photos on the walls of almost every Irish family.
JFK has 1961, 1962 and most of 1963
not enough time to make significant changes – he would have done a lot in his 2nd term
years ago I came across an old video tape (in a library) which was a collection of JFK’s speeches- he sounded like a genius compared to most current politicians- forceful, very intelligent and charming- he needed time to mature since he was only in his mid ’40s
Plus Trump left office with a 6 percent unemployment rate and had only 1 percent growth.
Sad that you got downvoted. I am the worlds ultimate tactical voter. No party or politician has my loyalty beyond their next incompetent and corrupt decision.
John Lennon was an idealist.
Perhaps it would be better to look at some slightly more cynical songs.
Wont get fooled again
No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in
Hung up Down
Well, with what is happening in the Middle East, we may reach Armageddon before the November election.
Thank you Mr. Biden for releasing billions to Iran.
Correction: John Lennon was
ana very wealthy and successful idealist.My advice is to ignore everything you post.
I assume you read some of my comments before coming up with that brilliant advice?
It appears that you have ignored your own advice!
I live by your advice, it makes reading the comment section with RG in it so much faster.
How do you know a politician is lying? Their lips move.
How do you know a media outlet is lying? The publish.
Well, in the UK, Rishi Sunak, as part of his campaign to become leader of the Conservatives (and PM), promised to support fracking here. His first action once PM? To ban fracking!
Parliament always wins
Sunak knew a voter issue when he saw it.
The error lies in giving parliament the power to decide energy policy as an “election issue”. Canada used to have a National Energy board that was non-partisan and even non-political that approved or disapproved oil and gas pipelines based on their good to the Economy over the next 3 decades or so. Trudeau convinced parliament somehow that this body was not meeting government objectives with regards to environmental protection, CO2 emissions, and Indigenous land treaties. He then created and installed another body to oversee their work. Net result…what is referred to in the oil and gas industry as the “No More Pipelines Act”. Pipelines go all the way to the top to be approved or rejected which appears to be done by reading media articles of voter’s “feelings” instead of any actual cost/benefit analysis for citizens.
One must realize that turning standard government functions into election issues is a trick of political parties to get elected. Typically but not always inspired by those who want the government to control everything via central planning.
I think we can count on Kamala reverting back to her Radicalism as soon as she is elected president.
She is just trying to say the right things now to get elected. Her basic beliefs have not changed. Kamala is a phony and a bold-faced liar.
She is a far left radical progressive. She is further into total socialism than Barry Sanders.
Barry?
Sotero?
“I think we can count on Kamala reverting back to her Radicalism as soon as she is elected president.”
What wait…. are you saying she is going to be elected? I thought the big guy had it all sewn up?
“She is just trying to say the right things now to get elected. Her basic beliefs have not changed. Kamala is a phony and a bold-faced liar.”
It’s a political reality that politicians tell porkies. It is our job to recognise them wen they do and call them on it. Example Tom …. do you really think the porn star screwing, pussy grabbing, white supremacist entertaining, x president is a Christian? I mean really? I know he says he is, but I would wager he wouldn’t know the bible if it was upside down.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-may-not-have-read-brief-because-he-holds-reading-material-upside-down
He certainly couldn’t name his favourite verse
Your idiotic belief in all the far-left slime makes you look even more of a simpleton that even I thought possible. !
But then, you ARE far-left slime…
He STILL thinks Russian colluuuusion was real and not a product of the Clintonista propaganda machine.
Ok you started this…. so….Facts are facts right…
The Mueller investigation concluded that the Trump campaign knew about Russian interference in our election, that they welcomed that interference, and that they used it for their benefit.
The report detailed at least 140 points of contact between Trump and 18 of his associates with various Russian nationals. Mueller also identified 10 instances in which Trump actively tried to obstruct justice in order to keep investigators from learning more about his and others’ contacts with Russians.
Paul Manafort either admitted guilt or was convicted of: illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians (Manafort had, in fact, been working illegally as an unregistered agent for pro-Russian interests since 2006), money laundering, tax fraud, lying to investigators, and lying under oath before a grand jury concerning his contact with a Russian associate during the 2016 campaign.
Rick Gates pled guilty to one count of conspiracy against the United States, as well as one count of making false statements to the FBI and to the Special Counsel about his status as a foreign agent for Ukraine (he was working together with Manafort on behalf of pro-Russian politicians).
George Papadopoulos was convicted of lying to investigators about his contacts with two Russian nationals and a professor connected to Russia. Papadopoulos lied about having discussions with them regarding the dirt the Russians claimed to have on Hillary Clinton, as well as about Papadopoulos’s attempts to plan a Trump campaign trip to Russia.
There’s loads more shall I keep going? Just say the word…..
Glad you mentioned ol’ Hilary –
destroyed 30,000 state dept emails that were under congressional subpoena.
What’s up with that?
That’s a crime.
Democrat criminals get off scott free. The System is rigged in their favor. At least, so far. We are hoping that will change after the next presidential election. We are looking forward to a LOT of changes.
You’ve dug a fairly deep hole there so I would recommend either shoring up the sides or stop digging. You can’t dig yourself out of a hole when its over your head already
Are you saying the points I’ve made are wrong? Coz if you are then please be specific as to where I have mislead. As far as I know they are 100% factual.
Simon thinks the lying Democrats report truthfully on Trump.
Putih convicted a lot of Americans in Russia on trumped-up charges, but I guess Simon doesn’t think that kind of political corruption can’t happen in the United States.
Trump knew about Russian interference? So what? Everyone knows Russia and every other nation concerned tries to influence American elections.
Where’s the evidence that any of these entities had any effect on the election? Russian interference in the 2016 election consisted of the Russians funding a political rally for *both* Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. It’s a joke to claim Russia or any other nation has a significant effect on American elections.
The most serious threat to American elections and American freedoms is the American radical Leftwing Media which fills the airways with political lies 24 hours per day.
If Mueller found that Trump obstructed justice, then that’s a crime, so where are the charges against Trump for obstructing justice? Did Mueller just let Trump off? Why would he do that? Answer: He wouldn’t do that, he would have charged Trump if he could, so your claims of Trump obstructing justice are bogus.
Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos, were all bit players in the Trump administration and they were all setup by the Clinton-Obama-Biden Cabal to make it appear they were cooperating with Russians..
You should read George Papadopoulos’ book about how the Democrat Swamp tried to set him up so it appeared he was connected to the Russians. Several U.S. intelligence agencies and some foreign intelligence assets were involved in trying to create this False Raality where Trump officials were cooperating with Russians.
I love how it worked out for Papadopoulos: At one point, one of these people trying to set him up, handed him a lot of money, $10,000.00, I believe it was, while he was in Italy, and Popadopoulose was very suspicious of what was going on, so he gave this money to a lawyer in Italy to hold for him, and then Popadopoulos flew back to the United States, where he was promptly arrested by the FBI and they were looking for the cash they thought he had brought with him. But he didn’t have the cash so that ruined their efforts to tie Popadopolous to the Russians using this money. The DC Swamp is SO corrupt. Trump needs to do a thorough housecleaning of the Executive Branch.
And all those lies didn’t work, other than on people like Simon, and now, today, we have the Democrat DC Swamp corrupting the Justice Department and trumping up all sorts of charges against Trump in an effort to interfere in the upcoming election. Unfortunately for the radical Democrats, the best-laid plans of mice and men, often go awry.
Trump will eventually be exxonerated on all the charges. The Democrats are snakes, but they couldn’t pull this one off, and it appears it may have backfired on them as Trump got stronger with every Democrat charge.
On the important issues like the economy and illegal immigration, Trump leads the Democrats by about 65 percent to 30 percent for the Democrats.
Ninety-five days to the election.
Carter Page’s book about the FISA abuse is also worth a read.
The fact that you think Mueller (best attribute-“I’m only as far gone as Biden”) and Weissman Report is “fact” means you’re not a source anyone should follow.
Please do go on.
Well Mueller was a hugely respected Republican. From what I have read about him he had a long history of integrity and faithful service. Sort of polar opposite to Trump.
sure keep going. Thanks.
Ok. Exciting.
Richard Pinedo was convicted of selling bank account numbers to Russians who engaged in election interference.
Roger Stone was convicted of five counts of lying to Congress on matters related to the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russia and the records he had of them, as well as one count of witness tampering, and one count of obstruction of a proceeding- all related to Russian election interference.
Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his connections to the Russian ambassador.
More?
“It’s a political reality that politicians tell porkies. It is our job to recognise them wen they do and call them on it. Example Tom …. do you really think the porn star screwing, pussy grabbing, white supremacist entertaining, x president is a Christian?”
Talk about telling porkies. There’s no evidence Trump screwed a porn start. Both Trump and the porn star have denied a sexual affair. There is no evidence Trump ever grabbed the genitals of a woman, without permission. Trump was describing what other men have done, not what he does. That’s a porky, Simon.
And yeah, I heard that question the TDS reporter asked Trump about having dinner with a White Supremacist. I notice the reporter didn’t give us the name of the supposed White Supremacist, she just wanted us to assume that was true, so she could use it to bash Trump.
Do you know who this reporter was referring to as being a Whte Supremacist who had dinner with Trump? I honestly don’t know who she is talking about. What White Supremacist had dinner with Trump?
I suspect it is a leftwing distortion of the facts, like all the other lies told about Trump by the TDS Left.
I would like to have a transcript of the first “question” Trump was asked the other day at the Black Journalists Association. It was a very good example of the methods the radical left uses to distort the truth about Trump. I would love to debunk each phrase of her “question”, which actually encompassed a number of questions/unsubstantiated statements. Can you help me, Simon?
“Talk about telling porkies. There’s no evidence Trump screwed a porn start. ”
As Mitt Rooney famously said. $130,000 is a lot to pay not to have sex with someone.
“Both Trump and the porn star have denied a sexual affair.”
Ummm…. I don’t know how to tell you this Tom but there has been a recent trial where the “porn star” laid out in detail the encounter. Sorry but you just told a porky.
“There is no evidence Trump ever grabbed the genitals of a woman, without permission. Trump was describing what other men have done, not what he does. That’s a porky, Simon.”
Tom, here is the dialogue.
“I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,”“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
So either Trump was bragging and didn’t do any grabbing, or he grabs. Which is it Tom?
“I would like to have a transcript of the first “question” Trump was asked the other day at the Black Journalists Association. It was a very good example of the methods the radical left uses to distort the truth about Trump.”
Here you go. While it was a tough question…. there is nothing in here that is false. And … it is absolutely reasonable for her to ask why black voters should trust him… at a black conference.
“I want to start by addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today,” 100% true I would say Scott said. “You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. Again Trump absolutely pushed this lie. And he is trying the racial lie again saying Harris only now says she is black. You have told four congressmen, women of color, who were American citizens, to go back to where they came from. Again true. You have used words like ‘animal’ and ‘rabbit’ to describe Black district attorneys. True again. . You’ve attacked Black journalists, calling them a ‘loser,’ saying the questions that they ask are, ‘stupid and racist.’ You’ve had dinner with a white supremacist at your Mar a Lago resort. True although to be fair he may not have known who he was at the time, but I say ignorance is no excuse. . So, my question, sir, now that you are asking Black supporters to vote for you, why should Black voters trust you after you have used language like that?”
The problem for Trump is he does endless softball interviews on Fox and other pro trump networks…. so when he does get a tough one, he doesn’t know what to do and so he throws his toys.
“Do you know who this reporter was referring to as being a Whte Supremacist who had dinner with Trump? I honestly don’t know who she is talking about. What White Supremacist had dinner with Trump?”
Nick Fuentes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fuentes
I thought Trump was quite insightful: Indian…. then noir.
Trump *is* quite insightful. People with TDS can’t see this.
Trump is a businessman who decided he could make more money as a reality TV show host. His “you’re fired” line gave him undeserved credibility with the public that he has insightful and decisive leadership qualities. Really just scripted for ratings….
‘Trump is a businessman who decided he could make more money as a reality TV show host.’
Given that Trump is a billionaire, hosting reality TV shows must really pay well, albeit not as well as all the ‘favors’ performed by the Obamas and Clintons.
Trump has failed at 15 different businesses. He is rich because his parents left him a hotel empire.
‘Trump’s business acumen: We need to call it like it is’
https://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/09/07/when-it-comes-to-business-former-president-trump-track-record-dismal/65474745007/
/yawn/
I couldn’t disagree more. Trump is decisive and is credible. More so than any politicians I know. You know one more decisive or credible?
The leader of the Taliban thought Trump was credible. Trump, in a personal meeting with the Taliban leader, told the Taliban leader that he would be killed, if another American was killed in Afghanistan, and then Trump handed the Taliban leader a photo and the photo was of the Taliban leader’s house.
During the next 18 months, until Trump left office, NO Americans were killed in Afghanistan.
That sounds like a good Trump story to me.
I find it interesting that K.Harris changed garments right around the time of the Portland Insurrection.
We should always remember, she was the last person to leave the room when influencing Biden on how the ‘abandon Afghanistan’ project was finalised….
Yes, that’s what Kamala said. She was attempting to take credit for the withdrawal at the time.
I think the abandonment of Afghanistan and throwing innocent people to the wolves was solely a Joe Biden decision. Joe was going to do this come hell or high water, and noone was going to tell him different. This is classic Joe Biden appeasement of people he is afraid of.
Does everyone see where appeasement of killers gets us? So far, it has gotten us two regional wars with another one possibly in the wings.
When dictators and other evil people see appeasement, it is like waving a red flag in front of a bull, it makes them want to lash out and push their particular envelope. Why not? There’s noone to stop them from doing it. If there’s noone to stop them, then they won’t stop. Why should they?
Trump will give them a reason to stop. Biden and Harris will give them a reason to do as they please.
I am becoming more convinced by the day that Mr. Biden did not make any decisions.
I am becoming more convinced daily that he was merely the mouthpiece for those actually in control.
Joe Biden has been an appeaser of dictators his whole political life.
Biden is one of the radical Democrats who managed to throw South Vietnam to the wolves in the 1970’s, resulting in the death and displacement of literally millions of people. Afganistan is just a repeat of this appeaser mindset. In Afghanistan, Biden caused the death and displacement of countless people. Apparently, Joe Biden has no empathy for fellow human beings.
Biden was definitely the driving force behind our withdrawal from Aghanistan. He was obsessed with it during the Obama administration and when he got the power, he pulled the plug despite all of his generals telling him not to do it this way.
That didn’t matter to Joe Biden. He wanted out and damn the consequences.
I thought the problem was Biden cocked up by following Donalds departure plan. Big mistake….
You thought wrong.
Biden did not follow Trump’s withdrawal plan. Trump actually had a plan. Biden just packed up and left, without thinking things through. He didn’t care, he just wanted out.
I’m skeptical you don’t know this.
And leaving Billion$ in Military equipment behind as well as numerous Americans
So that is not quite all the truth. Watched a military guy speaking at an inquest and he said they got out what they wanted and destroyed the rest. Quite common according to him.
The real problem is between your ears.
From the article: “The campaign can walk back Harris’ old fracking position as it pleases, but it likely won’t be enough to allay the concerns of crucial voting blocs — particularly more rural, blue-collar voters in Pennsylvania”
It was said last night that there are about 240,000 jobs in Pennsylvania that are directly and indirectly related to fracking.
Kamala Harris needs Pennsylvania to win the presidency.
It is obvious why Kamala is denying she wants to end fracking.
Kamala is backpeddling on a number of her Radical political positions. She is doing so because her Radical positions are not acceptable to the majority of Americans.
So like Trump with 2025?
Shuttup.
May have been the worst week for trump…so far
You don’t count a bullet to the head as a bad week? Something very strange about your perspective of “Worst”.
Trump had a good week.
Kamala’s addition to the race has barely moved the polls.
And that’s before anyone even asks Kamala a hard question.
Kamala appears to be avoiding taking questions from reporters. That’s probably a smart thing for her to do, because she will expose her ignorace and radical leftwing views if she takes part in a question and answer session.
The best tactic for the Democrats is to put Kamala in the basement and keep her there. No questions from reporters. and no debates with Trump. Otherwise, she will stumble badly and it will be like the Joe Biden debate: All of a sudden Kamala will be exposed as the phony and intellectual lightweight she really is.
Two weeks “campaigning” so far, and Kackles has answered zero questions from anyone.
GO KACKLES GO!
SHE WILL SAVE US FROM ORANGE MAN BAD.
So Karlo thinks it is clever to lower himself to the name calling of a 5 year old. And… he (or she) is happy to show the world their level of cleverness. Gotta love the internet.
Intellectual lightweight you say? You were right re Biden being unwell. He clearly was past his best. Kamala is a newbe I will give you that. She has a lot of unknowns. But don’t think you can honestly say she is a phoney intellectual. She has achieved a lot in her time. Can she foot it with Trump? I don’t know…. he is a formidable bully. But you would have to say she would have had to argue some complex cases as the California DA.
Anyway….Good times ahead. I just hope for the sake of democracy and the US, that whoever wins, the loser will accept the result and let the country move on. Do you agree with that Tom?
Saying if he was elected Americans won’t have to vote anymore is making Americans look more carefully at him and his statements.
Oh look, another marxo-democrat liar.
How unusual.
You speak for all Americans, do you?
Except Project 2025 is absolutely NOTHING to do with Trump.
And radical far-left anti-American policies are all about Kamala.
“Except Project 2025 is absolutely NOTHING to do with Trump.”
Really? His ever decreasing in popularity VP wrote the forward for it so he does now.
What particular position outlined in the Heritage Foundation’s 2025 report do you disagree with?
I assume their abortion position is not acceptable to you. It’s not acceptable to me, or Trump, either.
But, besides the abortion issue, what other recommendations in the Heritage Foundation report do you disagree with?
I’m curious, as I see most conservative positions as being common sense positions, not radical positions, and am wondering how you see them.
simon doesn’t even know what it is, except that for him it a talking point.
If he does come back to respond, you will have to wait till he reads it 3 or 4 times.
Actually I downloaded it and skim read it. Have you?
Trump is not signing up with 2025. That’s a Democrat distortion of reality.
For those who don’t know, this “2025 report” was written by the conervative Heritage Foundation, as a guide for the future for conservatives.
Most of their recommendations are basic conservative positions.
A few of the recommendations are more radical, like wanting to severely restrict abortions.
So the Democrats have seized on this abortion position of the Heritage Foundation and are not only claiming Trump supports all of these recommendations, but they actually claim Trump was instrumental in writing this document. Both claims of the Democrats are false.
Trump had nothing to do with writing this consevative document and does not agree with some of their proposals, particulary their recommendations on abortion. Trump is much more liberal in his abortion thinking than is the Heritage Foundation.
So, when you see a radical Democrat mention “2025” know they are lying about Trump and know that this is standard operating procedure for radical Democrats. They lie constantly about Trump. They distort everything he says in order to try to portray Trump in the worst light possible. That’s what propagandists do.
Twas ever thus…
What you say to get votes and what you do to please sponsors and get a fat brown envelope are never the same thing…
…Or there would be no need for fat brown envelopes.
Frack Baby Frack!
Kackles could not even recite what fracking is, unless it is on the teleprompter.
She has a law degree and worked as a prosecutor.
Same for AlGore, what is your point?
He’s an idiot.
I want to know what Wille Brown has to say about Kamala now.
I heard a black lawyer from San Francisco the other day saying he knew Kamala, and he said that over the years he had represented many pimps and whores around the San Francisco area, and he knows a whore when he sees one.
It waa a rather harsh assessment. I was kind of surprised at the bluntness.
“I heard a black lawyer from San Francisco the other day saying he knew Kamala, and he said that over the years he had represented many pimps and whores around the San Francisco area, and he knows a whore when he sees one.”
Tom, that is lowering yourself my friend. You are better than that.
Trump reminded us that Kamala failed her first bar exam.
Kamala has a lot to answer for about how she ruined San Francisco almost singlehandedly.
She was proud of being an ‘honorary prosecutor’. Is she just as proud of her work and advancement as a professional ‘prosecutor’?
I’m going to Nevada for job in the next few weeks … how much does a ‘prosecutor’ cost now?
All elections are a compromise between maintaining funding from crony capitalists who want the legislation to favour their industries, and the public who want it to favour their interests.
Once the election is over no one cares about the public any more.
The brown envelopes don’t stop, but the power of the voter does,
Change capitalists to elite oligarchs and you have it right. A lot of the dark money is funneled in by rich elite socialists.
Her record screams quite clearly. She is an enemy of freedom and prosperity like every other Eco-Nazi idiot.
Nobody should believe a word that comes out of her mouth as she flip-flops to try and make herself seem to be something different than what she is.
The system is complex, the interactions are complex. The president is mostly a figure-head who gets the blame and accolades for the political machinery that actually runs everything in the background. Thus they constantly push their machinery towards poll popularity but their push is fairly weak. When they reverse policies too often or are made to look foolish in the media, the public senses what flakes they really are and then un-elects them by voting for the person that hasn’t proven to be a flake yet.
The media takes sides. You can see their constant efforts to make someone appear to be a flake.
The Leftwing Media is the most dangerous entity in the United States.
The People cannot government themselves properly without knowing the truth, and the Leftwing Media feeds the public a constant stream of political lies, which results in electing dangerous idiots like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who want to take our personal freedoms away from us to satisfy their political goal of a Democrat Dictatorship in the United States..
She has said the election is a choice between freedom and chaos.
In that part she is correct.
What she failed to correctly identify is which goes with her?
There has been no chaos under Mr. Biden? No Ukraine. No Hamas. No Afghanistan. No border. No loss of education in schools due to unneeded lockdowns. No inflation. No higher interest rates.
Shall I go on?
To be fair, no matter who is elected, there will be a fair amount of chaos. The choice is of which kind and of what magnitude. Each of you, while you still can, are free to choose.
Trump said no need for elections if he is elected.
You should quote Trump’s exact words. I don’t think he said what you think he said. Your TDS is interfering with your ability to accurately assess what you see and hear from Trump.
Anyone who ever took the positions Harris did in 2019 seriously need to explain her purported change of heart. Was she a True Believer Green then, and now thinks that philosophy is repugnant, or was she pandering then and pandering now?
Just ask her for the definition of equity. Fox news has a piece on her and her many quotes and policies. Even if it is only 10% accurate, it will scare the socks off you.
A reporter at the Black Journalists Association asked Trump the other day if he thought Kamala was a DEI hire. In other words, was she selected as vice president because of the color of her skin?
Trump didn’t say yes or no. He said it was possible, but he didn’t know.
But Joe Biden knows. Fox News showed a clip of Biden talking about and singing the praises of DEI, and he was pointing out that his administration was doing more with DEI than anyone “starting with the vice president”. So Biden himself says that Kamala is a DEI hire.
Next time the horrible leftwing media asks you that question, Donald, refer them to this Joe Biden speech.
The defining image for me will always be Creepy Joe Brandon kneeling before the BLM anarchists, wearing his jet-black face diaper. Kackles was with him, IIRC.
What people fail to consider is that Kamala Harris wants power badly and will do and say anything in order to get it. She even trades sex for power. Ask Willie Brown’s wife if you don’t believe me.
Donald Trump is a convicted felon because he paid money to hide his sexual dalliances.
Kamala Harris has sex with married men to gain political employment and inhales while convicting blacks for possession.
I wont vote for either of them.
Trump said the payments to a porn star were a “legal expense”.
Are you a parrot?
Do you want a cracker?
When you pay a lawyer, you are paying a legal expense. Trump paid his lawyer, he didn’t pay Stormy Daniels. His lawyer voluntarily mortgaged his house to pay her.
Trump denies having a sexual dalliance with Stormy, and he didn’t pay Stormy, Trump’s lawyer took it upon himself to pay Stormy.
Trump wasn’t convicted of paying a porn star. He was convicted for supposedly listing a payment to stormy as a business expense. Trump paid a lawyer for legal work done, and the prosecutor claims this was a payment to Stormy.
A totally trumped-up case that will not stand the test of time.
When all these charges are thrown out of court, will you come back and apologize to Trump?
And you mean you would take a chance that a complete disaster like Kamala Harris could become president? You don’t see the difference between Trump and the Radical Democrats? You can’t remember back four years ago? Do you want four years ago (before the pandemic) or do you like things now?
But you are not going to vote. Too much digestion of leftwing propaganda is what it appears to me.
“Kamala Harris has sex with married men”
He had not been with his wife for 10 years. They were no more married to each other in reality than I am to you.
A good question to ask the new and improved Kamala is: Will you finish construction of Trump’s border wall?
Kamala Harris has many times been shown to be an unrepentant liar.
The Nord Stream pipeline incident was part of the Biden/Harris radical
policies. Curious how that has drifted down the memory hole. Kamala
will surly continue these extreme enviro policies.
K.Harris. We all start from different positions but equity means we all end up at the same place.
So, energy equity, we all get the same limited number of KWhrs. w00t.
That is more commonly know as marxism/communism.
Kamala is a “tear-it-all-down” Radical.
Well, since she has repeatedly said that is what she will do Day One of her Admin, just did it live on TV Monday, everyone can clearly see she is a liar when she says she won’t do it.
Trump said he will be a dictator on day one but for only a day.
Help—scrambledeggman is stuck in a loop, someone push the big red button.
Yes, he did say that. You didn’t get the joke, did you.
TDS infection has a peculiar symptom that inhibits any and all humor.
There you go again. You just love that word “Liar.”
Oh! Look! Its simpleminded, the lie spewing liar. Where are all those pics of your electric Ford truck, simpleminded?
I bet NY state could top PA if allowed to by the state government- then sell much of it to New England, if the whack job state governors allowed it.
“Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has said she no longer endorses a ban on fracking . . .”
Following this statement, you need to insert something about their lips moving . . .
Exactly, she is running to the center to try to get elected. Fortunately the internet memory is long and deep.
Nope, won’t ban it. Given the chance she will just regulate it to death.
Kamala, is there a difference?
Just put this in an ad and show it nonstop in states like Pennsylvania.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DibvhzmbrTA&pp=ygUPS2FtYWxhIGZyYWNraW5n
Kamala Harris won’t ban fracking. She’ll just make it economically too costly by adding regulations, massively increasing licensing/permit fees, and require updating environmental impact studies probably ever two years.
What you say is true. She thought she was getting away with an actual honest answer about not banning anything.
Trump, or the moderators in the debate, need to catch her in this effective lie.
Sadly, she doesn’t appear to realise that all forms of oil extraction use a form of fracking. This is especially true in the routine underwater extraction of oil and gas. So is she going to stop all extraction of oil and gas completely?
I suspect she would ban extraction of all fossil fuels wherever she legally could. They are either not too bright as to all the other things they are used for besides fuels, or they want to bring down western civilization.
But it doesn’t stop her putting her too-cass aboard Air Force Two and jetting to wherever she pleases.
Always remember democrats don’t give a damn what their candidate says. Kamala will have the support of democrats no matter what she has said. I’ll be having beers with my family tomorrow night, all of them democrats, I can guarantee they will all be tickled pink with Kamala and will figure finally I will come in from the dark and support Kamala. It is frightening.
Not something I’d want to do, you have my sympathy.
I love my family and we get along, they pretty much leave me alone but even knowing what they are thinking is sometimes painful. Sometimes they buy me beer. That’s a good thing.
Lefties perpetually unburdened by their past while we’re what must be with the learnings.
They all knew Trump was in mental decline because he wasn’t acting normal like Sleepy Joe-
Doctors voiced concerns to ex-Speaker that Trump’s mental health ‘was in decline,’ new book reveals (msn.com)
Trump would run circles around those doctors. My bet is those doctors are Democrats.
Trump says he is perfectly willing to take another cognitive test. He thinks every candidate for president, regardless of age, should take the test.