Vice President Kamala Harris recently addressed inflation in an interview with CBS News, dismissing the issue as non-partisan and emphasizing its impact on all Americans. When CBS host Norah O’Donnell questioned how Harris might tackle inflation with a divided Congress, Harris pointed to efforts such as reducing costs for essentials like groceries and housing. “These are not partisan issues,” she stated, asserting that they affect all Americans regardless of political affiliation.
In March 2021, Harris cast a critical tie-breaking vote to pass the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, signed by President Biden shortly after. Lacking bipartisan support, the bill triggered an inflation surge, with prices climbing across various sectors “within days,” according to *The Washington Post*. A month later, inflation rose from 2.6% to 4.2%, reaching highs of 9.1% in mid-2022, marking one of the steepest increases in over four decades.
