Biden Insists ‘I’m Not Shutting Down Oil Fields’ as Trump Accuses Him of Wanting to ’Abolish' Oil Industry

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden squaring off during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 29, 2020. Jim Watson, Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

As President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden zeroed in on the key battleground of Pennsylvania on Monday, Biden sought to clarify his position on fracking while Trump doubled down on claims that the former vice president wants “to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

Moments into his rally in Allentown, Trump said Biden “made perhaps the most shocking admission ever uttered in the history of presidential debates,” before claiming: “Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry. That means no fracking, no jobs, no energy for Pennsylvania families.”