Vice President Kamala Harris admitted on Friday that grocery prices were lower under former President Donald Trump than under the Biden-Harris administration.
Speaking to supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, Harris addressed the rising costs of groceries and unrolled a proposal to control food prices similar to tactics used by the Soviet Union that led to massive food shortages. While making the case for the federal government to get involved in regulating food prices, Harris acknowledged that the cost of a loaf of bread is up 50% compared to “before the pandemic” — when Trump was in office.
“As president, I will take on the high costs that matter most to most Americans like the cost of food,” Harris said. “We all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed, but our supply chains have now improved, and prices are still too…