J.D. Vance, a potential 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate, sharply criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' economic messaging strategy during an interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream.
Harris unveiled her economic plan in a speech in North Carolina on Friday, in which she proposed banning price gouging to address Americans' economic hardships.
Vance told Bream that Harris's strong poll numbers are the result of a “sugar high” caused by President Joe Biden not running for reelection. The Ohio senator reminded Bream that Harris is now in the White House and argued that voters are “much smarter” and know they shouldn't expect positive change from her.
“Kamala has said at rallies, 'From day one, I'm going to tackle the food affordability crisis in this country.' Shannon, Kamala Harris took office three and a half years ago, and everything she's done has made the affordability crisis worse. We can't give her more power and influence; she'll just keep doing the same thing that's already made the affordability crisis very real for Americans.”
Harris said at a press conference on Friday that she was “proud” to cast the vote that sealed the Biden administration's anti-inflation bill in 2022, which has been criticized for not keeping inflation in check. statement. (RELATED: Tim Walz's Dig gets media interviews before Kamala Harris)
“Giving Harris the power to dictate inflation policy is like giving Jeffrey Epstein the power to dictate human trafficking policy, Shannon. The American people are smarter than that,” Vance said. “They can't accept the idea that Kamala Harris is going to be a fresh start. She's the same old thing.”
Vance summed up the Harris campaign's economic policy argument: “Forget how good things were under President Trump.”
“Donald Trump was already president. He already got the wall, he already put the tariffs in place, he already reopened 12,000 American factories. [which] “It was built during the Donald Trump administration, prices were low and take-home pay was high,” Vance told Bream.
“The Kamala Harris campaign's argument is ultimately, 'Forget how good things were when Donald Trump was president. Forget that take-home pay was higher, forget that inflation was lower, forget that there was peace all over the world. And somehow, if you give Kamala Harris more power than she already has, somehow, she's going to do something different from what she's already done over the last three and a half years,” Vance said.
