Why Kamala Harris Has Shifted Her Stance On Oil Drilling

Harris’s pro-oil comment during the debate surprised supporters and opponents alike. Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil.”The comment by Harris, a longtime climate hawk who backed the original Green New Deal, surprised supporters and opponents alike — and conflicted with frequent boasts by Harris and President Joe Biden that they are champions in the fight to slow global warming.After former President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S.