Harris now backing away from several far-left stances she once promoted

Kamala Harris' campaign for president has reversed course on her past positions on fracking, ICE, Medicare-for-All and mandatory gun buybacks.

Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump told rallygoers in Minnesota on Saturday how Harris had opposed fracking.

"Oh, that’s going to do well in Pennsylvania, isn’t it?" Trump said. 

"Remember, Pennsylvania, I said it. She wants no fracking. She’s on tape. The beautiful thing about modern technology is when you say something, you’re screwed if it’s bad."

A Harris campaign official told the Times that Harris staffers plan to paint Republicans who drudge up Harris’ past statements espousing left-wing ideas as exaggerated claims or lies about Harris’ record. The campaign also plans to paint Harris as a candidate with deep ties to law enforcement by highlighting her record as a local prosecutor and state attorney general in California, according to the newspaper. 

Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin.  (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

The Trump campaign on Monday highlighted how Harris said in 2019 that she was "open to conversation" about expanding the Supreme Court. But the Harris campaign released a statement this week endorsing Biden’s Supreme Court reform proposal for term limits and ethics guidelines for justices. That proposal does not include adding additional justices to the nation’s highest court.  

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Regarding video of Harris espousing far-left views, "the archive is deep," Brad Todd, a Republican strategist and ad maker working with McCormick and other campaigns, told the Times. "We will run out of time before we run out of video clips of Kamala Harris saying wacky California liberal things. I’m just not sure that the rest of this campaign includes much besides that."

Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

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