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Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown faced contiguous backlash Tuesday aft video circulated of him refusing to reply a question astir whether helium supports the Biden administration’s propulsion to "ban" gas-powered cars.
"Senator Brown, bash you deliberation that state cars should beryllium banned," Brown was asked portion walking down the thoroughfare successful Washington, D.C. successful a video posted online.
After Brown didn’t reply and kept walking, helium was asked if helium "supports the EPA’s determination to prohibition state cars?"
Brown again declined to reply earlier helium was asked a 3rd clip a "yes oregon no" question asking, "Should state cars beryllium banned?"
Sen. Sherrod Brown, left, and President Biden (Getty Images)
Brown declined to reply a 3rd clip and continued connected his way.
"While facing his toughest predetermination yet, Sherrod Brown is moving from his decades-long grounds of supporting greenish vigor schemes that load hardworking Ohioans with higher prices and cripple our vigor sector," Reagan McCarthy, communications manager for Brown’s Senate opponent, Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, told Fox News Digital successful a statement.
"Make nary mistake, Brown supported Joe Biden’s extremist anti-energy docket since time 1 of this administration."
Moreno besides posted the exchange connected X, saying, "Sherrod Brown won’t reply due to the fact that the information is that helium is simply a greenish caller woody extremist that wants to crush American autoworkers and manus our manufacture to China."
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"Sherrod Brown and Joe Biden don’t conscionable privation to prohibition state cars, they privation to overhaul the full American system to appease their far-left base," National Republican Senatorial Committee Spokesman Philip Letsou told Fox News Digital.
"The Democrats’ greenish vigor docket is enriching China portion wreaking havoc connected American manufacturers, and Sherrod Brown is with them each measurement of the way."
The speech besides generated disapproval from social media users.
"That's due to the fact that Sherrod Brown is simply a Green New Deal extremist who agrees with Biden!!!" Donald Trump Jr. posted connected X.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, during legislature votes successful the U.S. Capitol Jan. 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Some connected societal media pointed to the information that Brown has voted against Biden's emissions docket successful the past and has pushed backmost against Biden's EPA.
"This is bizarre," American Commitment President Phil Kerpen posted connected X. "He really voted right! To halt Biden's EPA state car ban! I mean, we knew he'd drawback backmost aft the election. But helium can't adjacent bring himself to play the part???"
Brown has voted with President Biden nearly 100% of the clip and voted to corroborate 99% of Biden's nominees.
A Brown spokesperson told Fox News Digital "Sen. Brown doesn’t archer anyone what benignant of car they should drive.
"He conscionable wants much cars made successful Ohio by autoworkers making middle-class wages. That’s wherefore helium has stood up to the medication erstwhile their policies were incorrect for Ohio’s car industry, and wherefore he’s warring to prohibition Chinese electrical vehicles."
The Biden medication precocious finalized a slate of highly anticipated biology regulations curbing gas-powered conveyance tailpipe emissions arsenic portion of its broader efforts to trim greenhouse state emissions and combat planetary warming.
Under the caller plan, automakers volition beryllium forced to rapidly curb the emissions of greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and particulate substance from caller rider cars, airy trucks and larger pickups and vans opening with exemplary twelvemonth 2027 vehicles.
Placard connected the exterior of the EPA Building successful Washington, D.C. (iStock)
"At a clip erstwhile millions of Americans are struggling with precocious costs and inflation, the Biden administration has finalized a regularisation that volition unequivocally destruct astir caller state cars and accepted hybrids from the U.S. marketplace successful little than a decade," American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President and CEO Chet Thompson and American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers said successful a connection aft the EPA rules were announced.
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"As overmuch arsenic the president and EPA assertion to person ‘eased’ their approach, thing could beryllium further from the truth."
Brown is facing a hotly contested re-election contention against Moreno successful November that the Cook Political Report ranks arsenic a toss-up and galore judge provides 1 of the champion chances Republicans person to summation power of the Senate successful a authorities Trump carried by 8 points successful 2020.
Fox News Digital's Thomas Catenacci contributed to this report
Andrew Mark Miller is simply a newsman astatine Fox News. Find him connected Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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