Kamala Harris pushed ‘carbon fee’ that may be ‘passed on to consumers’ to fight ‘climate change’

Then Democratic candidate for president Kamala Harris on CNN’s climate townhall September 4, 2019:

Harris September 4, 2019 in CNN Climate Townhall: “There has to be some connection between the fee and bad behaviors. We have to monitor whether it’s going to be passed on to consumers. But I’m going to tell you that should never be the reason not to, to actually put a fee and as in particular a carbon fee. And under my plan, there will also be a carbon fee. And that money, a lot of it is going to go to the communities, and this is part of my environmental justice approach to the issue.

What happened during CNN’s climate town hall and what it means for 2020

CNN: Kamala Harris: What she said:

The senator from California made the first big, bold intervention of the night, vowing to abolish the Senate filibuster if Republicans refuse to cooperate to pass a Green New Deal. And previewing another controversial sweep of executive power, Harris pledged to indulge her prosecutorial instincts to tell the Justice Department to go after oil and gas firms. She warned that while Trump tweets with one hand, he’s gutting environmental regulations with the other.

The takeaway:

Harris needs to force herself into the top tier of Democrats. She needs liberals to warm to her and Americans to see her as a president. So she projected daring, decisiveness and commander-in-chief-scale empathy to a man who lost his home to forest fires. She blasted Trump to show she could take him on.

“Leaders need to lead. I am prepared when elected to lead,” Harris promised.

Supporters will think that her zestfulness leapt off the screen. A critic might wonder how a President Harris could live up to her big promises.