{"id":2325299,"date":"2024-08-15T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-compares-kamala-harris-to-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T18:22:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:22:29","slug":"marco-rubio-compares-kamala-harris-to-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-compares-kamala-harris-to-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio compares Kamala Harris to Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fmarco-rubio-compares-kamala-harris-to-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-washington-examiner%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=2325299&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>In\u2064 a recent statement, Senator Marco Rubio \u200c(R-FL) criticized \u200dVice President Kamala\u200d Harris for her proposal to implement\u2063 the\u2063 first federal \u200dban on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-blames-vladimir-putin-for-record-high-inflation\/\" title=\"President Biden Blames Vladimir Putin For Record-High Inflation\">corporate price-gouging<\/a>&#8221; in grocery stores and the food industry. Rubio likened Harris&#8217; policies to those\u200d of\u2064 former Cuban leader \u2063Fidel \u200cCastro and Venezuelan \u200cPresident Hugo Chavez, suggesting that they represent\u2062 a \u200cdangerous shift towards\u200c socialism. He highlighted this concern in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating that Harris aims to \u2062bring policies that people\u2064 have fled from in other countries to America. Trump also voiced \u200csimilar\u200b criticisms during a press conference,\u2064 aligning with \u2063Rubio&#8217;s perspective on the issue. The proposed policy marks\u200d one of the\u2064 most progressive economic initiatives\u200b by Harris to date, provoking significant backlash from Republican \u200dfigures.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Marco Rubio compares Kamala Harris to Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1707011\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marco Rubio\">Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL) compared Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marco Rubio\">Kamala Harris<\/a> to former Cuban President Fidel Castro and former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after she announced her plans to implement the first-ever federal ban on &ldquo;corporate price-gouging&rdquo; in grocery stores and the food industry.<\/p>\n<p>The policy proposal, announced on Wednesday, is one of the most progressive economic policies suggested by Harris so far, leading to harsh criticism from Republicans, who drew parallels with socialist governments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala wants to bring to America the policies of leaders and countries millions of people have fled #PriceControls,&rdquo; Rubio posted on X with a picture of Chavez and Castro.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala wants to bring to America the policies of leaders and countries millions of people have fled <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PriceControls?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PriceControls<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ab4VxIIQnq\">pic.twitter.com\/ab4VxIIQnq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1824150788949807204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump echoed Rubio&rsquo;s sentiment in a Thursday press conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2024\/08\/15\/the-latest-trump-holds-news-conference-harris-touts-medicare-drug-price-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"saying\">saying<\/a> Harris was trying to implement &ldquo;communist price controls,&rdquo; which would cause food shortages.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s running on the Maduro plan,&rdquo; he continued, referring to the current president of Venezuela. &ldquo;Like something straight out of Venezuela or the Soviet Union.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nicol&aacute;s Maduro is the president of Venezuela and a member of the United Socialist Party. Price controls were first implemented in 2003 and expanded under Maduro in 2014. The practice is related to socialism since it is the political theory that promotes government control of the means of production.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Harris campaign said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> would implement &ldquo;the first-ever federal ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-they-dont-believe-russian-government-was-involved-in-colonial-pipeline-hack\/\" title=\"Biden Says They Don\u2019t Believe Russian Government Was Involved In Colonial Pipeline Hack\">price gouging<\/a> on food and groceries &mdash; setting clear rules of the road to make clear that big corporations can&rsquo;t unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive corporate profits on food and groceries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/food-price-outlook\/summary-findings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>price<\/a> of groceries as of June was up 1.1% from June 2023. In all of 2023, food prices were up 5.8%. <\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1707011\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1707011\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) likened Vice President Kamala Harris to former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez following her announcement of a proposal for the first federal ban on &#8220;corporate price-gouging&#8221; in grocery stores and the food sector. This initiative, revealed on Wednesday, is one of Harris&#8217;s most progressive economic proposals to date, prompting strong backlash from Republicans who associated it with socialist policies. Rubio tweeted an image of Chavez and Castro, stating, \u201cKamala wants to bring to America the policies of leaders and countries millions have fled #PriceControls.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Former President Trump echoed Rubio&#8217;s remarks during a press conference on Thursday, claiming that Harris was attempting to impose &#8220;communist price controls,&#8221; which he argued would lead to food shortages. He referred to her approach as akin to &#8220;the Maduro plan,&#8221; referencing Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, the current president of Venezuela known for his socialist policies. Price controls were initially introduced in Venezuela in 2003 and expanded under Maduro in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Harris campaign stated that she aims to establish \u201cthe first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries,\u201d intending to create clear regulations preventing large corporations from unfairly exploiting consumers for excessive profits. As of June 2023, grocery prices had risen by 1.1% compared to June 2022, with an overall increase of 5.8% throughout the year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2325300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24166815326088.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38271,38270,32438,34360],"class_list":["post-2325299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fidel-castro","tag-hugo-chavez","tag-kamala-harris","tag-marco-rubio"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24166815326088.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325299","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}