Fetterman Pressed About Fracking Flip-Flop: ‘They’re Eating Dogs, They’re Cats... You Know’

WELKER: “All right. Well, let me talk about a big issue, another big issue, I should say, in your state, the issue of fracking. I know you’ve talked about this quite a bit. Vice President Harris, as you know, once supported a ban on fracking when she was running for president in 2020. She even sued the Obama Administration to prevent fracking off California’s coast. Now she says she will not ban the practice as president. Why should voters trust that that is really what the vice president believes?”
Fetterman: “So strange why we just keep talking about fracking. You know, back in 2020 I said that that might be an issue, but it’s not going to be a defining issue. And now, in 2024, we’re still trying to talk about fracking. And now the other side, they’re talking about eating cats, and geese, and dogs, and saying absurd things, and talking about how, if Trump doesn’t win, he said that, you know, you’d have to blame the Jews on that. Just absurd things. Now, like, having a serious policy conversation when the other side is just absolutely on fire. And here’s where we are, and here we are also, that it’s going to be very close in Pennsylvania, and it’s not going to be defined by fracking.”
WELKER: “Well, and we are talking about it because, of course, it supported 120,000 jobs back in 2022. Let me read you some of what you have said about fracking. In 2016, you called it a stain on Pennsylvania. In 2018, you said you don’t support fracking at all. But then in 2022, you said you absolutely support fracking. Senator, what exactly do you like about fracking now?”
Fetterman: “It’s strange for some weird “gotcha,” kind of taking quotes out of context. And you know, here I am now, I’m a United States Senator, and I won by five points, a record margin back in ‘22. And again, it might be an issue in fracking. And I fully support fracking. So does the Vice President Harris. And now if you want to have a serious conversation about policy, then I would challenge Trump and Vance to have one, other than talking about eating pets.”
WELKER: “And we’ll have plenty of questions for Senator Lindsey Graham, there’s no doubt about that. But to the point, what do you now like about fracking? You say you’re not going to ban it; you support it now.”
Fetterman: “Uh-oh. ‘They’re eating dogs, they’re eating cats.’ You know, again, so — okay. Yes, any more on fracking?”