Oil execs scold Trump for fracking ban comments

Published October 4, 2016 10:57pm ET



Republican nominee Donald Trump faced a tough crowd of oil executives in Colorado Tuesday over statements he made in the summer about supporting a ban on fracking.

Trump took a bit of a scolding by the executives a day after his top energy adviser, Rep. Kevin Cramer, said Trump does not understand the issue for the industry and he has struggled to get Trump to clarify his position.

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