US presidential election: Lady Gaga and Trump's team cross swords on Twitter
The American pop star Lady Gaga engaged Sunday November 1 in a dispute on Twitter with the campaign team of President Donald Trump over her beliefs against fracking.
Donald Trump's Democratic opponent in Tuesday's presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden, announced Lady Gaga would take part with him in a drive-in campaign rally on Monday in crucial Pittsburgh, Pa. for the conquest of the White House.
Donald Trump's team reacted immediately. "Nothing exposes Joe Biden's disdain for workers in Pennsylvania more than campaigning with anti-fracking activist Lady Gaga," Tim Murtaugh, communications manager for Team Trump, said on Twitter.
"This desperate effort to rekindle enthusiasm for his lackluster candidacy is a slap in the face for 600,000 Pennsylvanians working in the fracking industry," said Tim Murtaugh, recalling that Joe Biden "has repeatedly promised left activists" that 'He would end hydraulic fracturing if he were elected president.
Significant environmental costs
Fracking involves extracting oil and gas from deep rock layers by injecting water and chemicals into them. This technique made the United States around 2014 the world's largest producer of oil and gas. But the environmental costs of this fracturing are significant.
After making categorical statements during the campaign on a future fracking ban, Joe Biden said recently that he plans if elected to ban further fracking operations on public lands and pass states through. - United towards renewable energies, but that it would not entirely ban fracking.
The subject was one of the hot spots of the second debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Lady Gaga, whose anti-fracking commitment is known, replied to Tim Murtaugh and Donald Trump on Twitter: "HEY TIM HEY @realDonaldTrump SO HAPPY I AM HAPPY TO LIVE WITHOUT PAYING RENT in your HEAD." The star attached to his tweet a copy of Tim Murtaugh's press release, adorned with animated stickers proclaiming "LOL" and "Vote Biden".
HEY TIM HEY @realDonaldTrump SO HAPPY IM GLAD TO BE LIVING RENT FREE in your HEAD. #BidenHarris https://t.co/k2ODfQNkF3 pic.twitter.com/Iy3Nj8aYMR
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 1, 2020
Tim Murtaugh then ironically thanked Lady Gaga for sharing his press release with his 82 million followers. “I hope a lot of people in Pennsylvania will see this,” he added. According to the average poll conducted by the RealClearPolitics site, two days before the election, Joe Biden was 4.3 percentage points ahead of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
