In Washington County, Pennsylvania, voters are unsure of Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ stance on energy. 

In Washington County, Pennsylvania, voters are unsure of Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ stance on energy. 

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Kamala Harris Once Trashed Fracking, and Pennsylvania Hasn't Forgotten

The vice president’s past call for a fracking ban raises doubts in the must-win, gas-producing state. 

Kamala Harris faces a problem in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where gas drilling rigs and well pads dot the rolling green farmland.

Ask Mickey Molinaro, an asphalt worker with a bushy beard and easy-going smile. Harris, in her last White House run, called for a ban on fracking, before reversing her stance this year. And fracking helped Molinaro survive the Great Recession.