Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign recently walked back Harris’s position on EV mandates, stating she « does not support an electric vehicle mandate. » But the campaign is now shying away from questions about whether Harris would sign or veto legislation she personally cosponsored in the Senate that would implement a nationwide EV mandate.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign recently walked back Harris’s position on EV mandates, stating she « does not support an electric vehicle mandate. » But the campaign is now shying away from questions about whether Harris would sign or veto legislation she personally cosponsored in the Senate that would implement a nationwide EV mandate.
The campaign on Wednesday ignored several questions from the Washington Free Beacon asking for it to clarify Harris’s position on EV mandates. That came one day after a Harris campaign official declined to comment late Tuesday to Axios on whether she would even sign the so-called Zero-Emission Vehicles Act that she helped craft in 2019, creating the appearance that the Democratic candidate for president is running from the issue.
The Harris campaign’s refusal to state a positive policy position—instead, clarifying what her position is not—makes EV mandates the latest issue on which Harris has essentially done a U-turn.
Since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket in July, Harris has deserted a number of significant policy positions she championed, including support for a fracking ban, support for universal health care, support for certain mandatory gun buy-back programs, and opposition to building a wall along the U.
