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Harris touts oil production during 2024 run after saying companies need to ‘pay the price’ for climate change

Vice President Kamala Harris is facing criticism for touting oil production under the Biden administration after becoming the Democratic nominee, while previously calling for such companies to “pay the price” for climate change.

During her 2019 presidential bid, Harris told voters that she was in favor of the Department of Justice investigating oil companies, such as Chevron and Shell, for “profiting off” pollution.

“These big oil companies, these fossil fuel companies, look, you should be really prepared to look at a serious fine or be charged with a crime. Because here’s the thing, these big oil companies and these fossil fuel companies have been making so much money and profiting off of this pollution,” Harris said.

They sure profit off the vast amounts of fossil fuels Biden and Harris, and now Walz, use to travel around, eh? And Kamala’s fossil fueled stove?

Yet, after becoming the Democratic nominee, the vice president began touting the “largest increase in domestic oil production in history” under the Biden-Harris administration.

“My position is that we have got to invest in diverse sources of energy so we reduce our reliance on foreign oil. We have had the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil,” Harris said during the one and only presidential debate against former President Trump in swing state Pennsylvania.

“I am proud that as vice president over the last four years, we have invested a trillion dollars in a clean energy economy while we have also increased domestic gas production to historic levels,” Harris said.

Her buddy Tampon Tim signed a bill requiring 100% carbon neutral energy for Minnesota by 2040.

The U.S. Oil and Gas Association (OGA) slammed Harris’ resurfaced comment from the debate, saying Harris had “nothing to do” with domestic oil production growth.

“In just four years, you and POTUS created the single worst regulatory and legislative environment in our industry’s 160-year history. You’ve put into place 250 separate actions designed to put us out of business. You wanted to put our CEOs in jail, confiscate our capital and prevent our investors from getting any return,” OGA wrote in a post on X formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. “And in spite of all that – we worked around you, over you and have beat your team. Now you want to take credit for what we did in spite of you. Not gonna let it happen.”

Growth was in spite of the Biden-Harris admin, but, of course, Kamala is trying to win an election, and apparently thinks that patronizing those who want fossil fuels is the best way forward. I’m sure she’s privately informed the climate cult groups who back her that she’s not serious.