Former President Trump vowed on Saturday to cut U.S. energy costs in half if re-elected and strengthen oil and gas policy in a sharp contrast to Kamala Harris in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania.
At a rally at a state university, President Trump told voters that he and the “disastrous” energy policies enacted under the Biden administration, including lifting a moratorium on U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals and allowing fracking, He vowed to rescind the policies he had expressed.
“Starting on day one of this new administration, we will end Kamala Harris' war on energy in Pennsylvania,” Trump told the audience. “And we fracked, fracked, fracked.”
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People wait in line to enter a Trump campaign event in State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock using pressurized fluids, is a controversial technology and one that Harris previously vowed to ban as she sought to become president in 2019. It is.
But accessing Pennsylvania's vast gas reserves requires hydraulic fracturing. The state is not only a battleground state with 19 electoral votes; It is also the second largest producer of natural gas in the United States.
While Harris has reiterated her support for fracking on the campaign trail during this election cycle, some Republicans and gas groups are calling for support for fracking as the election day approaches He is seeking further assurances from his campaign, citing mixed messages.
That lack of clarity has led Mr. Trump to try to fill the void in Ms. Harris' policy himself.
Supporters of former President Trump attended a campaign rally in State College, Pennsylvania on Saturday. (Charlie Tribalew/AFP via Getty Images)
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Harris said Saturday that he has opposed fracking “all my life.” Trump told the audience that she was “against anything that has anything to do with underground activity.”
“She will build windmills and kill all your birds,” he said.
President Trump has criticized the Biden administration for what it sees as failures in U.S. oil and gas production, including an excessive focus on electric vehicle manufacturing and production, the closure of aging power plants, and soaring energy prices that have increased by up to $50. He blamed Harris for this. % is in keystone state.
He described the suspension of U.S. natural gas exports that President Biden ordered in January as a “Kamala ban.”
President Trump has vowed that everything will change in his second term.
Former Republican presidential candidate Trump listens to a speech by Zane Retherford during a campaign rally at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania on Saturday. (Related news organizations)
“Energy prices will be cut in half within 12 months from January 20th, at which point we will take over,” he told a packed stand of supporters, who responded with thunderous applause. .
Some people lined up for hours outside the Pennsylvania Central Arena to hear Trump speak. It was well before the doors opened at noon, and about six hours before Trump finally started dancing on stage.
Several attendees said they had been waiting since dawn to meet Trump, and judging by the cheers, it appeared the former commander-in-chief's promise did not disappoint them.
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“We're going to get this resolved very quickly,” Trump told the audience. “Kamala broke it, so I'll fix it.”
He said Democrats “have waged war on the Union like never before.”
“They destroyed steel mills, destroyed coal jobs, attacked oil and gas jobs, sold manufacturing jobs to China and other countries around the world.
“You’re going back under the Trump administration.”
President Trump has vowed to correct the Biden administration's “abhorrent failures” in energy and other areas.
“This will be America's golden age, and every problem we face will be solved,” he said.
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