Kamala Harris is calling out Donald Trump for soaring gas prices, but an old quote from her own past is making the rounds again. This week, Harris posted on social media that “gas prices are too high” and blamed Trump’s “war of choice in Iran” for the pain at the pump. The average price of regular gasoline has climbed past $4 per gallon for the first time in four years, a direct result of U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran that began on February 28.
The conflict has decimated Iran’s military leadership, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and disrupted nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply after Iran targeted energy facilities and blocked the Strait of Hormuz, according to Fox News. Harris’ criticism of Trump is a sharp turn from her stance in 2022, when she told Americans that high gas prices were the “price to pay for democracy” during the Russia-Ukraine war.
