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Six policies Harris has reversed since rising to the top of the Democratic ticket

Deputy Chairman Kamala Harris has spent his career fighting for progressive legislation, from the Green New Deal to Medicare for All. Now she’s pulling back on some of that support as she tries to rally voters behind her as the Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden dropped out last month.

Here are six policies she has gone back for.

Support for a mandatory buyback program

A campaign official told Fox News that Harris no longer supports a mandatory buyback program for AR-15s and similar weapons. When she was running for president in 2019, she said, “We have to have a buyback program and I support a mandatory buyback program,” at a forum in Las Vegas

Trump has already capitalized on his previous comments, telling supporters at a rally in Georgia: “She supports mandatory gun confiscation … Would anybody mind if they came into your house and took your gun? … She’s in favor of taking away all your weapons.”

Ban on fracking

Despite saying during her previous presidential run, “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” the vice president has now gone back on that position.

A campaign official told the Hill exclusively that Harris would not seek to ban fracking if elected in November. The official tried to flip-flop on Trump, focusing on his pro-oil position.

“Trump’s false claims about the fracking ban are a clear attempt to distract from his own plans to enrich oil and gas executives at the expense of the middle class,” the spokesperson said in a statement to the newspaper.

“The Biden-Harris administration passed the largest climate change legislation ever and under their leadership America now has the highest ever domestic energy production,” the spokesman added.

Single payer system

Harris’ campaign officials confirmed in July that she has also changed her stance on her health care system policies. She used to support a single-payer system — that’s not the case anymore.

Harris co-sponsored the Medicare for All legislation with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 2017, which would in principle eliminate the private insurance market. During her previous presidential run, she reiterated her support for the government health insurance program, saying, “We have to have Medicare for all.”

Extends the Supreme Court

In 2019, Harris was one of a handful of Democrats who said they would not “rule out” expanding the court, according to Politico. During Trump’s presidency, conservative gained a large advantage in court, causing concern among liberal lawmakers.

She said at the time: “We are on the verge of a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court. We have to take this challenge head on, and everything is on the table to do that.”

Now, however, she has declared that she is not in favor of expanding the Supreme Court, which currently has nine judges. Biden has proposed ethics reforms for the Supreme Court, which Harris has expressed support for, but neither supports expansion, according to to a spokesperson.

Federal job guarantee

Harris no longer supports a federal job guarantee, an idea championed by some on the left and Green New Deal advocates that gained traction among Democrats in the 2020 election cycle. A spokesperson for Harris’ campaign confirmed the position change exclusively to Washington Examiner.

A federal jobs guarantee would mean that the federal government would provide a job to anyone who wants one, a hugely costly proposition that harkens back to the New Deal policies of the 1930s.

Harris’ spokesman said Washington Examiner in conjunction with the turnaround that the campaign is trying to be forward-looking, rather than backward-looking. The aide said Harris is very proud of the Biden administration’s climate record and is excited to build on the progress of those changes.

Police funding and support

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the 2020 protests demanding that policeHarris supported redirecting funds.

“This whole movement is about rightfully saying that we need to take a look at these budgets and find out if it reflects the right priorities,” Harris said in a 2020 interview.

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But that fall, former Harris press secretary Sabrina Singh said, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris do not support defunding the police, and it is a lie to suggest otherwise. Throughout his career, Senator Harris has supported increased funding for police departments and increased funding for community policing. “

Last month, Mitch Landrieu, national co-chairman of the Biden-Harris campaign, walked back her statements, saying, “Her position has always been that you can be both tough and smart on crimeand that requires funding from the police.”

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