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Recuos políticos de Kamala Harris infographic
A infografia mostra quatro dos recuos políticos de Kamala Harris: a pena de morte o fracking,o controlo de armas e a marijuana.
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Harris recua em questões políticas cruciais

By Duncan Mil

August 19, 2024 - A Vice presidente e nomeada presidencial Democrata Kamala Harris fez vários recuos políticos, expondo-se a ataques dos Republicanos e pondo em causa o seu valor para os eleitores como defensora da verdade.

During two decades in elected office and now seeking the presidency for the second time, Harris has not hesitated to stake out expedient and contrasting positions.

On matters that she has framed as moral issues -- the death penalty, fracking, gun control and marijuana -- Harris has made policy shifts.

“She is vulnerable to the charge of flip-flopping, no question about that,” said John Pitney, a professor of political science at Claremont McKenna College in California, who worked as a GOP congressional and political aide in the 1980s.

During a 2004 inauguration speech after she was elected San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris vowed to “never charge the death penalty.”

Four years later, after launching her campaign for California attorney general, Harris said she would ”enforce the death penalty as the law dictates.”

Harris also changed positions on marijuana and gun control.

In 2010, when she was running to become California’s top law enforcement official, she opposed allowing marijuana sales for recreational use. But in 2019, when she was running for president, she joked about having smoked the drug. “I did inhale,” she quipped during a radio interview.

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PUBLISHED: 19/08/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images, Primary Arms
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