“Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
What PolitiFact found
She's right about record-high energy production, and partially right about energy independence. The U.S. relies on foreign crude oil for a portion of its needs, and that means susceptibility to overseas events.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kamala Harris (Vice President) made this claim around 18 July 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 July 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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