Kamala Harris once again showcased her political tone-deafness this week, staging a gas-station photo-op in North Carolina in a clumsy attempt to blame President Donald Trump for pain at the pump.
According to Gateway Pundit, Harris, who has openly signaled she is weighing a third presidential bid, appeared outside a gas station in Charlotte on Wednesday to record a campaign-style video attacking the Trump Administration over rising fuel costs. In the footage, Harris laments the cost of gasoline, attributing it to Trumps war of choice and alleging he is driven solely by self-interest rather than concern for ordinary Americans.
So, Im here in Charlotte. Since the start of Trumps war of choice, its 15 more dollars every time you fill up a tank of gas, Harris declares, standing before the pumps as if discovering the issue for the first time. The price of diesel has gone up 80% since the start of the war and you best believe thats going to carry over to how much youre paying for all the goods that being transported on those semis, she continues, warning of knock-on effects for consumers.
Weve got a president who is paying more attention to what he thinks is in his best political interest and personal interest as opposed to whats in the best interest of working people in America, Harris adds, attempting to cast President Trump as indifferent to the struggles of the middle class. Yet the spectacle quickly boomeranged, as voters still vividly recall the punishing gas prices and inflation that defined the Biden-Harris years, undermining her effort to rewrite recent economic history.
Critics on social media and across conservative circles were quick to remind Harris that families felt the squeeze most acutely under the policies she championed, not under the pro-energy, pro-drilling agenda of President Trump. For many Republicans, her performance only reinforced the hope that Democrats will indeed put her forward again in 2028, a candidate they regard as, politically speaking, the gift that keeps on giving to the GOP.
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