{"id":2320574,"date":"2024-08-07T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lied-about-inflation-sold-reckless-spending-as-free\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T18:04:03","slug":"harris-lied-about-inflation-sold-reckless-spending-as-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-lied-about-inflation-sold-reckless-spending-as-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris Lied About Inflation, Sold Reckless Spending As Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-lied-about-inflation-sold-reckless-spending-as-free%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320574&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s reluctance to address the issue of inflation as the U.S. faces rising \u200dcosts exceeding the Federal Reserve&#8217;s 2 percent target. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cook-political-report-shifts-three-senate-races-toward-republicans-amid-biden-approval-tanking\/\" title=\"Cook Political Report Shifts Three Senate Races Toward Republicans Amid Biden Approval Tanking\">election season approaches<\/a>, voters are\u2063 acutely aware of the economic challenges during the Biden-Harris administration, particularly highlighted by a significant stock market crash dubbed the &#8220;Kamala Crash&#8221; \u2063by former President Donald Trump. Harris is\u2064 noted for her focus on themes such as \u2064reducing child \u2063poverty and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-sec-nominee-julie-su-hobnobbed-with-union-leaders-ahead-of-union-backed-crackdown-on-independent-contractors-calendars-show\/\" title=\"Labor Sec Nominee Julie Su met with union leaders before a crackdown on independent contractors, according to calendars\">promoting labor unions<\/a>, rather\u2062 than directly confronting inflation, which\u200c remains a\u2063 primary concern for American voters. Despite acknowledging rising prices \u200din the past and promoting\u200c the\u200d &#8220;Build Back Better&#8221; plan \u200cas\u200b cost-effective, her administration\u2019s track record on spending has \u2062led to public skepticism about the economy. The article highlights that, as the administration \u200bprepares for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-members-push-back-on-trump-cuts-to-states-early-voting-minority-outreach-programs\/\" title=\"RNC representatives resist Trump&#039;s reductions in early voting and minority engagement initiatives in their state\">upcoming electoral challenges<\/a>, addressing the concerns over inflation and border management will be critical for \u2062the Democratic ticket&#8217;s success.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kamala Harris doesn&rsquo;t like to talk about inflation for good reason. <\/p>\n<p>As costs continue to rise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usinflationcalculator.com\/inflation\/current-inflation-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">well above<\/a> the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s 2 percent target in the final year of the Biden-Harris presidency, Americans are already headed to the polls this fall with the economic carnage of the incumbent administration fresh in mind. Monday&rsquo;s stock market crash offered voters the reminder they didn&rsquo;t need, with former President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/saradorn\/2024\/08\/05\/kamala-crash-trump-blames-harris-for-stock-market-downturn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quick to labe<\/a>l the election-year stress test &ldquo;Kamala Crash.&rdquo; Considering the vice president also cast the tie-breaking vote on legislation to drive rising prices, Trump might also call sustained inflation &ldquo;Kamalaflation,&rdquo; although apparently they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-au\/news\/other\/the-prosecutor-vs-the-felon-opinion\/ar-BB1qsPA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tried<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Harris, inflation and the border, the nation&rsquo;s two <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/642887\/inflation-immigration-rank-among-top-issue-concerns.aspx#:~:text=Six%20Issues%20Worrisome%20to%20Majority%20of%20Americans&amp;text=These%20are%20crime%20and%20violence,the%20budget%20deficit%20(51%25).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top issues<\/a> this election, have made the ticket vulnerable to a blow out at the ballot box unless Democrats can overcome a pending red wave with enough <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/19\/republicans-cant-beat-democrats-ballot-harvesting-game-until-they-actually-start-playing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ballot harvesting<\/a>. The Biden administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/24\/after-years-of-regaling-vp-as-border-czar-media-claim-harris-was-never-in-charge-of-the-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Border Czar<\/a>&rdquo; certainly can&rsquo;t run on a decrepit border, and she&rsquo;s clearly uncomfortable on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after capturing her party&rsquo;s nomination under Biden&rsquo;s fallout last month, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kamala-harris-economy-trump-vance-inflation-biden-f52edb07e4bd4adf01b484744fc7d387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Harris &ldquo;began to craft her own narrative around the economy by putting an emphasis on ending child poverty, promoting labor unions, reducing the costs of health and child care and protecting &lsquo;dignity&rsquo; in retirement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But &ldquo;not once in speeches in Wisconsin, Indiana or Texas did she mention the word &lsquo;inflation&rsquo; &mdash; the overwhelming economic challenge that has dogged Biden&rsquo;s administration and forced him in remarks to consistently acknowledge voters&rsquo; pain as they cope with higher grocery, gasoline, housing and auto expenses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that&rsquo;s because the week President Joe Biden bowed out, a New York Times\/Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/07\/25\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a> found just a quarter of U.S. voters believed the economy was either excellent or good while 75 percent said otherwise. Harris, meanwhile, tried to sell the Democrats&rsquo; reckless spending sprees the same year the administration was pretending inflation was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/14\/stuff-your-sorries-in-a-sack-janet-yellen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transitory<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Prices have gone up, and families and individuals are dealing with the realities of &mdash; that bread costs more, that gas costs more,&rdquo; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/flashback-kamala-harris-responds-how-shed-handle-inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said <\/a>in 2021. &ldquo;And we have to understand what that means. That&rsquo;s about the cost of living going up&hellip; So it&rsquo;s a big issue, and we take it seriously, and it is a priority, therefore.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After stating the obvious in her typical roundabout fashion, Harris touted the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/20\/build-back-bankrupt-turns-into-another-major-failure-for-joe-biden-and-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multi-trillion-dollar<\/a> &ldquo;Build Back Better&rdquo; plan as priceless. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Build Back Better is not going to cost anything,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;So when we can get Build Back Better passed, and we are optimistic that we will, the American people will see costs actually reduced around some of the most essential services that they need to take care of their basic responsibilities, including issues like child care and elder care, and also preschool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The spending package passed, and Harris went on to cast the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Tie-breaking_votes_cast_by_Kamala_Harris_in_the_U.S._Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tie-breaking vote<\/a> on the Democrats&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-inflation-reduction-act-is-anything-but-spending-power-supply-demand-imbalance-restrictions-regulation-11659289812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dubiously named<\/a> Inflation Reduction Act the following year. She broke a tie in the upper chamber to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in March 2021. <\/p>\n<p>And here&rsquo;s what Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/05\/06\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-during-the-nationwide-economic-opportunity-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> three years later on a &ldquo;Nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour&rdquo; in May:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I believe every person in our country, then, must have access to the opportunity to compete, to succeed, and to thrive; the ability to achieve what I call financial freedom, which means having enough not just to get by but to get ahead &mdash; (applause) &mdash; to be able to build a business, to own a home, to start a family, and to create intergenerational wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why, over the past three years, the President and I have invested now trillions of dollars in America&rsquo;s infrastructure, in clean energy and a clean energy economy, in manufacturing, and in supply chains. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Except spending trillions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize artificial markets because they&rsquo;re ostensibly &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/09\/democrats-spending-bill-includes-20-billion-in-new-energy-taxes-that-will-drive-prices-higher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clean<\/a>&rdquo; while cracking down on cheap and reliable energy helped deliver the &ldquo;Kamala Crash&rdquo; on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats have &lsquo;normalized&rsquo; $7 trillion a year in federal outlays &mdash; with $2 trillion of it borrowed &mdash; all to keep their core constituencies fat and happy,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/05\/opinion\/biden-harris-market-crash-shows-they-set-not-just-the-world-but-the-economy-on-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote <\/a>the New York Post editorial board this week. &ldquo;That triggered soaring inflation, which obliged the Federal Reserve to spike interest rates, and still makes it risky for the Fed to start easing up, even as it&rsquo;s killing the job market. And now, it seems, the stock market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris owns every failure of the Biden administration, including &ldquo;Bidenflation,&rdquo; easily rebranded as &ldquo;Kamalaflation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris is hesitant to discuss inflation, and for valid reasons. With prices continuing to soar well beyond the Federal Reserve&#8217;s 2 percent target during the last year of the Biden-Harris administration, voters are approaching the polls this fall with a clear memory of the economic turmoil caused by those in power. The recent stock market crash served as an unwelcome reminder for voters, prompting former President Donald Trump to label it &#8220;Kamala Crash.&#8221; Given that Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on legislation contributing to rising prices, Trump might also refer to ongoing inflation as &#8220;Kamalaflation,&#8221; although they attempted that already.<\/p>\n<p>For Harris, inflation and border issues\u2014two major concerns this election\u2014have left their ticket vulnerable unless Democrats can counteract a looming red wave through effective ballot harvesting. As the so-called &#8220;Border Czar,&#8221; she cannot campaign on a failing border situation and appears uneasy discussing economic matters.<\/p>\n<p>After securing her party&#8217;s nomination amid Biden&#8217;s fallout last month, reports indicated that Harris began shaping her own narrative around economic issues by focusing on reducing child poverty, supporting labor unions, lowering health and childcare costs, and ensuring dignity in retirement. However, during speeches in Wisconsin, Indiana, or Texas, she did not mention &#8220;inflation&#8221; even once\u2014a significant oversight given its prominence as an issue affecting Americans struggling with rising grocery bills and fuel costs.<\/p>\n<p>This silence may stem from a New York Times\/Siena College poll conducted when President Biden stepped back from his role; only 25 percent of U.S. voters rated the economy as excellent or good while 75 percent disagreed. Meanwhile, Harris attempted to promote Democratic spending initiatives during a time when inflation was being downplayed as \u201ctransitory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 she acknowledged rising prices: \u201cPrices have gone up&#8230; That\u2019s about the cost of living going up&#8230; So it\u2019s a big issue.\u201d Yet shortly after making these observations in her usual indirect manner, she claimed that their multi-trillion-dollar \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan would be cost-free for Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Despite passing this spending package and casting tie-breaking votes on other significant financial measures like the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan in March 2021\u2014and later on what was misleadingly called an Inflation Reduction Act\u2014Harris has faced criticism over these policies&#8217; impacts.<\/p>\n<p>During a May speech on her \u201cNationwide Economic Opportunity Tour,\u201d she emphasized access to opportunities for all citizens but failed to address how massive federal spending has contributed significantly to current economic challenges like soaring inflation\u2014a situation exacerbated by policies aimed at promoting clean energy while restricting affordable energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post editorial board recently criticized Democrats for normalizing excessive federal expenditures which have led directly to high inflation rates necessitating increased interest rates from the Federal Reserve\u2014actions detrimental not only to job growth but also impacting stock market stability.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Kamala Harris is closely associated with every failure of Biden\u2019s administration\u2014including what many are calling \u201cBidenflation,\u201d which could easily be rebranded as \u201cKamalaflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2320575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/50862312413_8d2f64b9e5_k-1-e1723050616920.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4021,5708,37448],"class_list":["post-2320574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-harris","tag-inflation","tag-reckless-spending"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/50862312413_8d2f64b9e5_k-1-e1723050616920.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}