Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) repeatedly refused to answer questions during an interview over the weekend about why he and Vice President Kamala Harris have flip-flopped on the issue of fracking.

Fetterman struggled to dodge the questions that he faced during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” with Kristen Welker ahead of November’s elections.

“Vice President Harris, as you know, once supported a ban on fracking when she was running for president in 2020,” Welker said. “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?” Welker asked.

Fetterman responded: “So strange why we just keep talking about fracking. Now, 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. And 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 then highlighted some of Fetterman’s past anti-fracking remarks in 2016 and 2018 when he called it a “stain” on the state and said that he did not support it at all.

“But then in 2022, you said you absolutely support fracking,” she said. “Senator, what exactly do you like about fracking now?”

Fetterman responded: “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 again pressed Fetterman about why he flipped on the issue to which he only responded: “Uh-oh. ‘They’re eating dogs, they’re eating cats.’ You know, again, so okay. Yes, any more on fracking? I think –”

WATCH:

Fetterman is a top Harris surrogate in Pennsylvania and he was asked 3 TIMES why he’s made the same shift on fracking that Harris has.

And 3 times he REFUSED to answer.

Harris won’t answer and her surrogates won’t answer because they’re lying.pic.twitter.com/ge7VuRxUHU

— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) September 22, 2024

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer refused to back up her attorney general during an interview over the weekend when she was asked about the attorney general prosecuting far-left anti-Semitic protesters at the University of Michigan.

The Democrat governor made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked by Jake Tapper about Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) anti-Semitic attacks on Attorney General Dana Nessel for prosecuting the students.

The 11 individuals were charged with a variety of crimes, including attempted ethnic intimidation, assaulting or obstructing a police officer, and more.

Tlaib responded by claiming that Nessel, who is Jewish, charged the students because she was biased in favor of Israel. “It seems that the attorney general decided, if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs” Tlaib claimed.

Nessel responded: “Rashida Tlaib should not use my religion to imply I cannot perform my job fairly as attorney general. It’s antisemitic and wrong.”

Whitmer refused to condemn Tlaib’s anti-Semitic remarks against Nessel and refused to take sides on the matter at all, saying that she only wants to “make sure that both these communities are protected and respected under the law in Michigan.”

Tapper pressed Whitmer again, noting that Tlaib’s accusation was serious and again gave Whitmer the opportunity to back up her attorney general.

“Like I said, Jake, I’m not going to get in the middle of this argument that they’re having,” Whitmer responded.

WATCH:

WHITMER refuses to defend her own AG, amidst anti-Semitic accusations that she cannot perform her job.

“I’m not gonna get in the middle of this” pic.twitter.com/09lB2o2uMc

— Raj Aryal (@rajaryal07) September 22, 2024