Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down on pushing price control policies during her first interview as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on Thursday as she sought to deflect blame for poor economic conditions under the Biden-Harris administration.
Harris made the remarks during a taped CNN interview when asked about what she would say to voters who want to return to the way things were under former President Donald Trump, when “groceries were less expensive” and “housing was more affordable.”
Harris started by blaming Trump for what she claimed was a “mismanagement” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We saw over 10 million jobs were lost,” Harris said without noting that the economy was on its way to recovering by the time the Biden-Harris administration took over. “The economy had crashed.”
Harris cast the tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate to advance the $1.9 trillion spending package known as the American Rescue Plan, legislation that contributed to 40-year high inflation rates.
“Prices in particular for groceries are still too high,” she said. “The American people know it. I know it. Which is why my agenda includes what we need to do to bring down the price of groceries. For example, dealing with an issue like price gouging.”
Harris’s claim that price gouging is driving the cost of food to record-high levels has been widely criticized, even by CNN and The Washington Post Editorial Board.
She also doubled down on her plan to give $25,000 to first-time home buyers, a policy experts have said would raise the cost of housing.
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