VP Harris faces backlash in crucial swing state after her 'disastrous' anti-fracking position resurfaces

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is facing renewed criticism for her past support of banning fracking, which she boldly proclaimed while running for president in 2019, particularly from critics pointing out the popularity of fracking in Rust Belt states like Pennsylvania.

"There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking," Harris said during a 2019 town hall on CNN as a presidential candidate.

"And starting with what we can do on day one around public lands, right? And then there has to be legislation, but, yes, that’s’ something I’ve taken on in California. I have a history of working on this issue and to your point we have to just acknowledge that the residual impact of fracking is enormous in terms of the health and safety of communities."

In a statement to Fox News Digital, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella, said, "Kamala Harris is the most far left progressive presidential nominee in history, and extreme Democrats in the Rust Belt now own every single policy she supports."

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"A fracking ban would be disastrous for workers and families, and extreme Democrats’ mission to force Biden to step aside and replace him with San Francisco radical Kamala Harris shows exactly how out of touch they are with their voters."

"Banning fracking would cause home electricity costs to skyrocket and devastate Western PA’s natural gas economy," Republican state Rep. Rob Mercuri, who is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 17th District, told Fox News Digital.

"Clean natural gas production is America’s best opportunity for reliable and affordable energy needs well into the future. Expanding America‘s energy economy will