Kamala Harris blames Trump for high gas prices
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is blaming President Donald Trump for Americans having trouble at the pump due to high fuel prices.
“Gas prices are too high here in North Carolina and across the country,” Harris wrote in an op-ed. to mail About X. “This is a direct result of Donald Trump’s choice of war in Iran, and the American people are paying the price for it.”
The post includes a video of Harris making the remarks while standing outside in front of a sign showing fuel prices.
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Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during her “107 Days” book tour at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“We have a president who cares more about his own political interests and personal interests as opposed to what is in the best interest of working people in America,” Harris says at the end of the short video.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Thursday.
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President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, April 13, 2026. (Salwan Georges/Bloomberg)
Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah shared Harris’ post on Wednesday and wrote“The Biden-Harris administration has done its best to cool the production and use of gasoline and diesel. Don’t say you’re on the consumer’s side here.”
AAA national average for regular gas it is $4,093 as of April 16, 2026.
The highest recorded average price for regular was $5,016 on June 14, 2022, during President Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House, when Harris was still serving as vice president.
KAMALA HARRIS GIVES THE BIGGEST HINT EVER ABOUT 2028 WHITE HOUSE CONDITION
Fuel prices are displayed on a sign at a gas station in Miami, Florida, on April 13, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Trump defeated Harris in the 2024 presidential election. When asked by Al Sharpton last week if she would run again in 2028, Harris said, “It could be,” and added, “I’m considering it.”
