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Presidential Debate 2020: Does Biden oppose fracking? Internet dubs him a 'liar', wonders why he challenged Trump

When the topic of fracking came up, Biden outright denied ever talking about banning it and challenged Trump to post a clip to prove his point

The Final Presidential Debate 2020 saw President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden face off one last time before the November elections. Even though the majority of people are of the opinion that the third and final discourse of the debate was comparatively better than the previous one, the candidates have still become the target of internet trolls and critics for multiple reasons. 

Climate change and environmental issues were among the six topics discussed at the debate. Naturally, it didn’t pass without the mention of fracking, which has reportedly been opposed by the Democrats for the longest time. 

In the final debate, Trump once again claimed that the former veep would ban fracking if he’s brought to power. On being questioned about the same, Biden said in response, “I have never said I oppose fracking. What I will do with fracking over time is make sure we can capture the emissions from fracking, capture the emissions from gas." He added, "I do rule out banning fracking because the answer is we need other industries to transition to get a complete zero emissions by 2025."

However, Trump pointed out that Biden had said it on tape how he wanted to “ban” fracking, a process that involves drilling down into the earth to release the gas inside. To this Biden said in response, "Show the tape, put it on your website," and added, "The fact of the matter is he's flat lying.”

Meanwhile, Biden had stated during the March 15, 2020, Democratic debate that he wouldn’t authorize any more federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry stating, "No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period."

His rather contradicting statement in the recent debate is being discussed widely among internet users. One tweeted, "No clue why Joe Biden doubled-down AGAIN and lied and actually challenged Trump to post the fracking clip again which anybody can find on Twitter or YouTube with one quick search. Total ball-drop moment if he loses. #Debates2020." Another added, "Joe Biden is a liar who will ban fracking. #Debates2020."

And one noted, "Biden LIED Big-time. Here are BIDEN'S own words on eliminating Fracking. A vote for Biden and Harris is a vote to kill Pennsylvania’s fracking jobs." Another tweeted, "Trump said Biden would ban fracking, Biden denied it and made Trump promise to put up a video tomorrow that proves Biden said he would, but later he openly said he'd get rid of the oil industry... which is even worse than banning fracking. Biden has lost his mind #Debates2020."