Fact Checking Harris’ CNN Interview With Dana Bash

On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with CNN (Lean Left bias) anchor Dana Bash, her first since announcing her presidential candidacy on July 21, drawing fact checks.

Fracking: Both CNN Fact Check (Left bias) and The Daily Signal (Right bias) examined Harris’ statements on fracking. Bash noted that in 2019, Harris said she supported a ban on fracking and asked if she still does. Harris said, “No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020,” referring to the vice presidential debate in 2020. CNN described this as “misleading,” writing that “Harris did not make her position on fracking clear” during the debate. The Daily Signal also noted this exchange.

Clean Energy Jobs: CNN noted Harris’ claim that the Biden administration created “over 300,000 new clean energy jobs” through the Inflation Reduction Act and said it “needs context.” CNN concluded that “a significant number” of these jobs were created by the legislation, but that the figure “includes jobs that companies have promised to create but aren’t finalized.”

Immigration: The Daily Signal noted a claim Harris made that since President Biden put her in charge of addressing “root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras,” migrant encounters have “actually reduced.” The Daily Signal cited Customs and Border Protection’s claim that it encountered over 1.9 million migrants from these three countries since Harris was appointed “border czar” in March 2021 and noted that the total of all Border Patrol encounters during fiscal years 2017 to 2020, during Trump’s presidency, was roughly the same.