Chris Cuomo blasts Kamala Harris’ ‘price gauging’ gaffe while calling for ‘better people’ in politics

Kamala Harris had earlier attributed inflation to corporate greed
PUBLISHED AUG 18, 2024
Chris Cuomo criticized Kamala Harris for targeting price gouging instead of addressing inflation (Chris Cuomo/ YouTube, Getty Images)
Chris Cuomo criticized Kamala Harris for targeting price gouging instead of addressing inflation (Chris Cuomo/ YouTube, Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: NewsNation host Chris Cuomo criticized Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday evening, August 16, shortly after she made a gaffe while presenting her economic plan to voters in North Carolina.

Harris partially attributed inflation to corporate greed, accusing major food suppliers of price gouging. During her remarks, she mistakenly referred to the practice as “price gauging” instead of the correct term “price gouging".

Chris Cuomo criticizes Kamala Harris for targeting price gouging instead of addressing inflation

“I will work to past the first-ever federal ban on price gauging on food,” Kamala Harris said during her speech. She also proposed expanded tax credits and down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers.

On his segment on Friday, Cuomo aired a segment about Harris' gaffe and emphasized it before declaring that American voters need more "talent" in candidates seeking public office, MediaITE.

Cuomo stated, "So, price gauging versus gouging, she made a mistake. We noted it. Second, going after corporations is popular. Doing it about inflation is popular. Sixty percent of us believe corporations are to blame for it."



 

"The question is, what do you do, right? Blame versus change. So Harris says she’s targeting price gouging. I don’t really care about gouging, gauging. I don’t care, alright?"

"You got to take the level of talent where you find it. We don’t have great talent in our politics right now. We got to wait for better people to want to get involved in what is such a poison process. But this is who we got," he concluded.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JULY 30: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at her campaign rally at the Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images)
Vice President Kamala Harris blamed corporate greed for inflation (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

Harris stirred up controversy on Friday in North Carolina when she implied that record-high food prices that are hitting Americans in grocery stores are a result of corporate greed.

The Washington Post editorial wrote about Harris' remarks, “Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech Friday was an opportunity to get specific with voters about how a Harris presidency would manage an economy that many feel is not working well for them. Unfortunately, instead of delivering a substantial plan, she squandered the moment on populist gimmicks."

Internet reacts to Chris Cuomo's remarks

People on the internet reacted to Chris Cuomo saying the country needed better people in politics after Kamala Harris' gaffe during her campaign rally.

A person commented below the MediaITE article, "We need better people than Cuomo on TV."

Another added, "What was he even trying to say? What amount of "talent" would make someone not occasionally mispronounce a word? That's a big leap from listening to a candidate riff about sharks, windmills, and Hannibal Lecter."

The third commentator remarked, "Well i heard Memendez and Santos are duking it out to be Chris's CoChair in INTEGRITY ON NEWS NATION."

"It was not too long ago, you in the left idolized him for his anti-Trump rhetoric," another added.

A person said, "I see we're back to the tan suit/grey poupon/mispronounced a word double-standard for the Democrats."

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.

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