West Virginia Democratic Senate Candidate Natalie Tennant was questioned on Fox & Friends Tuesday about her prior support for President Obama, a key campaign question in her uphill battle to defeat Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) for the state's open seat.
Tennant has sought to distance herself from Obama on his anti-coal policies, releasing an ad where she literally cuts off power to the White House and explains she'll work hard to defend West Virginia miners.
Co-host Steve Doocy showed Tennant a photo of her campaigning for Obama in 2008 and asked her, "Are you a flip-flopper?"
"West Virginians know me," she said. "They know I stand up for West Virginians first. A perfect example is when three Democratic elected officials back in 2010 tried to steal an election. I led the investigation that put them [in] federal prison."
"Would you hold that sign today?" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked.
"Yes, I did campaign for the president in 2008," she said. "I am disappointed and I am hurt with the way he has reacted to West Virginia."
Hasselbeck later repeated the question.
"I'm not sure," Tennant said. "He's not on the ballot ... This is about me and Shelley Moore Capito and about West Virginia, because I don't answer to the president."