Former Vice President Kamala Harris is blaming President Donald Trump as Americans feel pain at the pump amid high fuel prices.
“Here in North Carolina and around the country, gas prices are too high,” Harris wrote in a post on X. “This is a direct result of Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, and the American people are paying the price.”
The post features a video of Harris delivering remarks while standing outside in front of a sign displaying fuel prices.
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“We’ve got a president who is paying more attention to what he thinks is in his best political interests and personal interests, as opposed to what is in the best interest of working people in America,” Harris declared at the end of the brief video.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said, “No one cares or believes what Kamala Harris says because Americans remember the economic pain caused by the Biden-Harris administration’s very unpopular and costly Green New Scam. Kamala’s anti-energy dominance agenda sent electricity prices soaring more than 30 percent in just four years, and the average gas price across the country skyrocketed to $5 in just one year. President Trump brought gas prices down to multi-year lows at record speed, and once the Strait of Hormuz is fully open, gas prices will plummet once again.”
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Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah shared Harris’ post on Wednesday and wrote, “The Biden-Harris administration did everything it could to chill the production and use of gasoline and diesel Don’t tell us you’re on the side of the consumer here.”
The AAA national average for regular gas is $4.093 as of April 16, 2026.
The highest recorded average price for regular was $5.016 back on June 14, 2022, during President Joe Biden’s White House tenure, when Harris was still serving as vice president.
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Trump defeated Harris in the 2024 presidential election. When asked last week by Al Sharpton if she will run again in 2028, Harris said, “I might,” noting, “I am thinkin’ about it.”