Harris Campaign Official Dodges As CNN Host Presses Him On VP’s Fracking Flip-Flop

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director Michael Tyler skirted questions from CNN’s John Berman on Wednesday about why Harris changed her stance on fracking.

Harris, during her 2020 presidential run, advocated for a fracking ban, but the vice president quickly reversed her position after launching her 2024 presidential campaign. Berman, on “CNN News Central,” asked Tyler twice about what drove Harris to shift her stance, but the communications director avoided answering, instead noting the vice president is “proud” of the Biden-Harris administration’s record on energy and discussing Project 2025.

Listen, I mean, she’s been very clear here. She’s proud of the work that she’s done as a part of this administration, making sure that American energy production is at an all time high. We want to continue that progress into her first term in office here,” Tyler said in response to Berman’s first inquiry about the flip-flop. “And again, I think whether it’s energy policy, economic policy writ-large, that you have a fighter in Kamala Harris, who is actually keeping these interests of the American people front and center, coming together to bring people together in search of solutions that actually improve people’s quality of life, improve our economy, improve energy production.”

“I think that stands, again, in stark contrast to Donald Trump, who may say one thing when he’s in Pennsylvania, may say one thing out on the stump, but frankly, if you look at the totality of his economic agenda, his Project 2025 agenda writ-large, the only solutions are those that benefit people at the very top, billionaires, rich folks like Donald Trump, the wealthiest corporations, nothing for the American worker, nothing to actually improve the lives of the American people and our consumers,” he continued. “So again, I think the contrast is pretty clear.”