{"id":2336058,"date":"2024-09-03T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-blasts-trump-over-corporate-price-gouging-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:53:45","slug":"harris-campaign-blasts-trump-over-corporate-price-gouging-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-campaign-blasts-trump-over-corporate-price-gouging-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris campaign blasts Trump over corporate price gouging &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-campaign-blasts-trump-over-corporate-price-gouging-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=2336058&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>Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s\u200c campaign has launched a new advertisement that \u2064critiques former President Donald Trump for his alleged \u200bsupport \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-raises-cost-of-domestic-oil-production-with-new-order-on-federal-leases\/\" title=\"Biden Raises Cost Of Domestic Oil Production With New Order On Federal Leases\">corporate price gouging<\/a>, which has contributed to rising costs of groceries \u2063and gas for families. \u200dThe 30-second\u200b spot emphasizes that while\u2064 corporations raise prices, Trump \u200dfocuses on providing them with tax cuts. The ad \u2062asserts that Harris is dedicated to the middle class and \u2063aims to \u200dprioritize economic\u200c issues, a key\u200d concern for voters. This \u2062ad is part\u200c of a broader $370 million\u2062 campaign effort \u2062that will run leading up to the elections. Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s campaign has accused Harris and\u200c President Biden of exacerbating inflation since \u2064the COVID-19 pandemic and derided her economic policies as akin to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-compares-kamala-harris-to-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Marco Rubio compares Kamala Harris to Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro - Washington Examiner\">communist price control<\/a>. The political battle continues as both camps prepare for the elections, \u200deach seeking\u2063 to frame the economic narrative.  <\/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\">Harris campaign blasts Trump over corporate price gouging<\/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_1742772\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign released a new ad Tuesday touting her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>economic<\/a> agenda while targeting former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> for embracing policies that will allegedly hurt the middle class. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 30-second &ldquo;focused&rdquo; ad slams corporate price gouging that has led to high grocery and gas prices for the average family while blaming Trump for giving these same corporations tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all know costs are too high. But while corporations are gouging families, Trump is focused on giving them tax cuts. But Kamala Harris is focused on you,&rdquo; the narrator of the ad says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pjTjb63DgY8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Focused | Harris-Walz 2024\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjTjb63DgY8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency,&rdquo; Harris says afterward. <\/p>\n<p>This marks the Harris campaign&rsquo;s fourth ad focusing on the economy, the top issue for voters, since the Democratic National Convention was held last month in Chicago. The &ldquo;focused&rdquo; ad is part of a previous $370 million ad reservation that is set to run from Labor Day to Election Day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s campaign has long blamed Harris and President Joe Biden over the lingering effects of inflation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former president has also said he wants to extend his 2017 tax cut legislation, which would lower the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-commerce-secretary-claims-no-shred-of-evidence-that-trump-tax-cuts-increased-growth-and-productivity\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Claims No \u2018Shred Of Evidence\u2019 That Trump Tax Cuts \u2018Increased Growth And Productivity\u2019\">corporate income tax rate<\/a> if reelected.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies have framed Harris&rsquo;s economic plan to ban<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3127245\/harris-wants-ban-price-gauging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" price gouging\"> price gouging<\/a> as a form of communist price controls. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under Comrade Kamala Harris, all Americans are suffering during this Holiday weekend &mdash; High Gas Prices, Transportation Costs are up, and Grocery Prices are through the roof. We can&rsquo;t keep living under this weak and failed &lsquo;Leadership,&#8217;&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113068790258371060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> to Truth Social over the Labor Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the Harris campaign is seeking to move to the offense as it aggressively portrays itself as the defender of the middle class while attempting to link Trump to the conservative blueprint known as Project 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This election, the choice comes down to a simple question: Which candidate is focused on the American people?&rdquo; Harris spokesman Charles Kretchmer Lutvak said. &ldquo;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;Harris&nbsp;knows costs are still too high for Americans and has a plan to bring them down and build up the middle class. Donald Trump either doesn&rsquo;t get it or doesn&rsquo;t care, which may explain why his &lsquo;economic plan&rsquo; is to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A mid-August ABC News\/<em>Washington Post<\/em>\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-poll-election-issues\/story?id=112865487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> before the Democratic convention showed Trump leading Harris by 9 percentage points in terms of voters&rsquo; trust to handle America&rsquo;s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Labor Day marks the ratcheted sprint between the two campaigns ahead of the November election. The next roughly two months are the last chance Harris and Trump will have to convince the electorate to back their campaigns in an election that most experts expect to be close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1742772\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742772\"}});<\/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>The campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris launched a new advertisement on Tuesday highlighting her economic policies while criticizing former President Donald Trump for supporting measures that are said to negatively impact the middle class. This 30-second &#8220;focused&#8221; ad condemns corporate price gouging, which has resulted in elevated grocery and gas prices for families, and accuses Trump of providing tax cuts to these corporations. The ad&#8217;s narrator states, &#8220;We all know costs are too high. While corporations exploit families, Trump is busy giving them tax breaks. But Kamala Harris is focused on you.&#8221; Following this, Harris asserts that strengthening the middle class will be a key objective of her presidency.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the fourth advertisement from the Harris campaign centered on economic issues since last month&#8217;s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The &#8220;focused&#8221; ad is part of a larger $370 million advertising plan scheduled to run from Labor Day until Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s campaign has consistently blamed Harris and President Joe Biden for ongoing inflation issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic&#8217;s aftermath. The former president has expressed his intention to extend his 2017 tax cut legislation if he wins reelection, which would reduce corporate income taxes further. Trump&#8217;s team has characterized Harris\u2019s proposal to prohibit price gouging as akin to communist price controls.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social over Labor Day weekend, Trump stated: \u201cUnder Comrade Kamala Harris, all Americans are suffering during this Holiday weekend \u2014 High Gas Prices, Transportation Costs are up, and Grocery Prices are through the roof. We can\u2019t keep living under this weak and failed \u2018Leadership.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Harris campaign aims to take an offensive stance by positioning itself as a champion of the middle class while attempting to associate Trump with Project 2025\u2014a conservative agenda blueprint. Spokesman Charles Kretchmer Lutvak remarked: \u201cThis election boils down to one simple question: Which candidate prioritizes the American people? Vice President Harris understands that costs remain too high for Americans and has plans in place to reduce them while uplifting the middle class. Donald Trump either doesn\u2019t comprehend this or simply doesn\u2019t care; perhaps that&#8217;s why his &#8216;economic plan&#8217; favors tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A mid-August poll conducted by ABC News\/Washington Post\/Ipsos indicated that before the Democratic convention took place, voters trusted Trump over Harris by nine percentage points regarding economic management. With Labor Day marking an intensified push between both campaigns leading up to November\u2019s election\u2014an event anticipated by experts as likely being closely contested\u2014the next couple of months represent their final opportunity to persuade voters in support of their respective campaigns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2336059,"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\/09\/AP24246723513073.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[39974,4021,33387,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2336058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-corporate-price-gouging","tag-harris","tag-political-campaign","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP24246723513073.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336058","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}