For the first time since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket last month, Kamala Harris is on the defensive. That’s not because members of the media have asked her a single difficult question. They haven’t. It’s not because her running mate, Tim Walz, is a radical. Although, he is. No, the reason that Kamala Harris is coming under fire is because more and more Americans are learning about her radical record, and the more they get to know her, the less they like her.

That’s especially true for Pennsylvanians, particularly those living in the energy-rich northern and western parts of the state. Why? Because Kamala Harris is the most radical anti-energy presidential candidate in American history.

In her failed 2019 presidential campaign, for example, Harris promised to completely ban fracking, telling CNN, “There's no question I'm in favor of banning fracking.” As a senator, Kamala Harris was one of the first co-sponsors of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s extreme Green New Deal, which mandates all Americans transition to 100% clean energy within the decade. And most recently, as vice president, Harris’ administration moved to take away Americans’ gas stoves, dishwashers and gas-powered cars.

Now, Harris is running away from her record. Late last month, in a complete reversal from her previous position, the Harris campaign announced that she would not ban fracking if elected. Since then, she has been quiet about her past as a climate crusader on the campaign trail. Her campaign aides say her energy policy is “strategically ambiguous,” which is a euphemism for “flip-flopping.” And, of course, the mainstream media hasn’t bothered to ask her about this complete 180-degree turn.

The Democrats are hoping that this half-hearted pledge will placate Pennsylvania voters just enough for Kamala to squeak by in this critical swing state. But setting aside the fact that Harris’ own record indicates she is lying through her teeth and will reverse course as soon as she enters the White House, don’t voters in the Keystone State deserve more than a meager promise that the president won’t upend an industry that is critical to their economy, culture and livelihoods?

The good news is that President Donald Trump offers a better energy agenda. During his first term, Trump unleashed the power of private industry and restored America’s energy dominance by rolling back unnecessarily burdensome environmental regulations. He made us the No. 1 producer of oil in the world while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He ended Obama’s war on coal, replacing the job-killing Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy rule. And he led America to energy independence as U.S. energy exports passed imports for the first time in nearly 70 years—including a five-fold increase in exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas, which the Biden administration subsequently attempted to ban.

If he’s re-elected, Trump is likely to restore these policies. One of his top five priorities according to his Agenda 47 platform is to: “MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!” And his past success suggests that he is the man for the job.

That would be welcome, especially in Pennsylvania, which tops the nation in liquified natural gas production, behind only my home state of Texas. In Pennsylvania alone, the natural gas industry powers 50% of homes, contributes $44.5 billion to the economy every year, directly employs 26,000 workers, and supports an additional 300,000-plus jobs across the state, not to mention the benefit that cheap energy has on reducing inflation.

Anyone who has lived in a part of the country where energy production is an essential part of the economy—such as southern Louisiana (where I grew up) or Texas (where I raised my own family)—knows that these numbers represent more than raw economic data. They are evidence of a way of life that has been around for generations. And they are indicative of communities such as Bradford County, Pennsylvania, that represent some of the best of what America has to offer: hard work, resourcefulness and making the most of the bountiful land that God has given us.

Kamala Harris is at war with this way of life found throughout the Rust Belt. Indeed, the vice president and other politicians who begrudgingly pledge not to ban and regulate these communities into oblivion always wind up breaking that promise once they’re in office. And why wouldn’t they? They don’t believe in the dignity of these small towns, and by flip-flopping in the first place, they’ve already compromised their integrity.

By contrast, Trump was and remains a champion for Pennsylvania’s and America’s energy industry. While the media desperately try to defend Harris as she flip-flops on policy and runs away from her previous positions, Trump can simply stand on his record.