Harris, too, was pressed by moderators on her policy changes on issues such as fracking (in 2020, she wanted to ban fracking; now she doesn’t), weapons (she previously supported a mandatory government buyback program for assault weapons; now she doesn’t) and immigration (she previously supported decriminalizing border crossings, but now has taken a harder line). In response, she claimed she was always pro-fracking (though she said in 2019, “there’s no question that I’m in favor of banning fracking”), before pivoting to a story about her middle-class childhood and how her mother was able to buy their first home.
