A Washington Post columnist who went rogue with her sharp criticism of Kamala Harris’s economic proposals has been reigned in and is now back on message.
Catherine Rampell broke party ranks with a brutally honest piece about the centerpiece of the Democrat nominee’s policy, the imposition of price controls that would be enforced by federal bureaucrats in the form of a ban on “price gouging” that many suggested was a lot like communism.
Rampell herself used the C-word in her column titled, “When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?” in which she stated, “It’s hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris’s price-gouging proposal is.”
If the Washington Post is calling you a commie, you’re definitely a commie pic.twitter.com/fwKcmCBGn8
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 15, 2024
“If your opponent claims you’re a ‘communist,’ maybe don’t start with an economic agenda that can (accurately) be labeled as federal price controls,” she wrote.
She also went on CNN on Friday and dropped another bomb on the Harris economic agenda, pointing out that price controls have only brought misery where they’ve been implemented.
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“We‘ve seen this kind of thing tried in lots of other countries before. Venezuela, Argentina, the Soviet Union…it leads to shortages” and would “cause a lot of harm.” pic.twitter.com/pFEMYDjpN0
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) August 16, 2024
“We’ve seen this kind of thing tried in lots of other countries before – Venezuela, Argentina, the Soviet Union, et cetera – it leads to shortages, it leads to black markets, plenty of uncertainty,” she said.
But by later in the day, the Democrat toady walked back her criticism of Harris, doing a complete 180, and is now praising the queen of “Kamalot” only days before she’s formally crowned in Chicago.
Yes there was still some silliness in her speech, but her comments on prices were more toned down than campaign factsheet sent to reporters (punishing companies that raise prices above their costs etc). A generic call to increase antitrust enforcement is fine and I support it https://t.co/HF97UxxMq8
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 16, 2024
“Yes there was still some silliness in her speech, but her comments on prices were more toned down than campaign factsheet sent to reporters (punishing companies that raise prices above their costs etc). A generic call to increase antitrust enforcement is fine and I support it,” Rampell wrote, lining up behind the same communism that she had previously ripped.
She was against it before she was for it, and got a solid pelting from X users over her reversal with plenty of stones being thrown by leftist supporters of Harris.
Didn’t you just go on CNN and say her proposals were soviet style communism?
Do you have some issue with consistency or truthfulness?
— Xric X (@culdesacfan) August 16, 2024
You literally wrote this crap: “If your opponent claims you’re a ‘communist,’ maybe don’t start with an economic agenda that can (accurately) be labeled as federal price controls.” Now, 12 hours later, you’re like, it’s “fine and I support it” LOL!
— lowkell (@lowkell) August 16, 2024
Everything you did in this process was fine. You reported things fairly. It’s impossible to know but it may be that yours + others reporting + the response it led to encouraged the toned-down comments. (I know that’s not your goal as a journalist but that might be what happened)
— Gary Winslett (@GaryWinslett) August 17, 2024
Eat you pathetic excuse for a reporter. MAGAt enabler https://t.co/ZdkpJOSUu7
— Franco. (@FrancoIKU) August 16, 2024
You, specifically, caused a lot of people to pounce on her prematurely.
I doubt it is your intent, but your “hot take” earlier today is a prime example of the media holding Harris to a ridiculously high standard compared to Trump. I really hope you pause and learn from today.
— sharks (@Sharks2K20) August 16, 2024
So much cope from someone who invested zero effort in understanding Harris’s actual positions before going nuts online. https://t.co/dk8KqfNs4l
— Frances (@frances_wanders) August 16, 2024
This is why the media is so insufferable: simplify a message so it lands in a simple way most people connect to & the media whines it’s “short on detail.” Provide extensive detail & it’s “elitist, too wonky.” And then what gets lost is any policy discussion at all. Epic fail.
— KG (@kmgunder) August 16, 2024
“It’s hard to exaggerate how bad this policy is. It is, in all but name, a sweeping set of government-enforced price controls across every industry, not only food. Supply and demand would no longer determine prices or profit levels. Far-off Washington bureaucrats would.” Rampell wrote in her piece.
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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