THE Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United StatesDemocratic candidate, has backtracked on some of her more left-wing positions from her time as a senator from California and his second presidential campaign. Harris changed her speech on several issues she had refused to address in the debate against Donald Trump, such as immigration, the economy, hydraulic fracturing or defund the police. Kamala Harris has avoided explaining her policies because she wants to attract the attention of moderate voters in swing states that Democrats need to win the presidential election and retain left-wing and minority voters.
In the interview with left-leaning CNN, conducted by her friend, journalist Dana Bash, Harris said her values had not changed. Instead, Harris tried to water down her policies in an attempt to win over middle-class voters.
However, after analyzing the latest polls, we see that Kamala Harris has failed to attract the attention of working-class voters, because the policies of the “care economy” do not convince them: they are waiting for Harris to explain to them how he will reduce inflation, his tariff policies to protect factory workers and his plans to invest in infrastructure.
Below is a list of some of the most notable moments when he changed his mind:
Health insurance for everyone. When she entered the Senate in 2017, Harris supported Health insurance for all, which would change the private health insurance system so that the program would be run by the government. Shortly after, he backtracked on this initiative.
Hydraulic fracturing. Harris supported the ban hydraulic fracturing during the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Since becoming the Democratic nominee, Harris has reversed the ban. hydraulic extraction of oil and gas from the subsoilsaying he now believes the clean energy economy can grow without having to ban it.
New Green Deal. Harris helped the law Green New Deal In the Senate, Harris supported the left’s list of climate goals. Among them, it is worth highlighting the end of the American economy’s dependence on fossil fuels within 10 years. Now, during the 2024 presidential campaign, Harris has declared that she no longer supports the Green New Deal.
Immigration. Harris has acknowledged that she supports decriminalizing border crossings. Harris now wants to allocate $650 million to expand the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Zero emissionsAs a senator, Harris authored legislation to increase the number of zero-emission vehicles and eliminate all others by 2040. Today, he does not support this measure either.
