The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford argued the Harris campaign is attempting to shift blame on her handling of inflation, citing a recent price control proposal by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris is set to announce a broader economic framework regarding her plans to tackle the economy on Friday, which would include lower food prices through a “price gouging” ban. Bedford, the Washington Examiner’s investigations editor, dismissed this proposal as the Biden-Harris administration trying to avoid taking responsibility for inflation, adding that it does not have “a serious chance at becoming law.”

“This is a rhetorical ploy, more than anything,” Bedford said on Fox Business’s Cavuto: Coast to Coast. “It’s the Biden-Harris administration trying to pin the blame for inflation on someone other than them, that there’s some sort of conspiracy between food producers and grocery stores to cheat Americans out of more of their money and this isn’t the result of their own inflationary policies and deficit spending.”

Bedford also questioned whether this latest move by Harris will resonate with voters, as a similar move by President Joe Biden earlier this year failed to gain traction. In February, Biden pushed the term “shrinkflation” in a move to promise voters that he would take on corporations shrinking products.

Regarding Harris making a similar move to Biden, Bedford argued the vice president is attempting to provide a solution to a problem she was involved in creating. She added it would be “really hard” for her to distance herself from the topic of inflation, as this is her biggest vulnerability aside from the southern border. 

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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump’s running mate, spoke critically of Harris for her handling of inflation on Wednesday, questioning why she is waiting until she becomes president to address this topic. He then said voters are “too smart” to believe Harris’s campaign promises, whereas he and Trump have a “clear” vision to address this.

Annual inflation fell to 2.9% in July, making it the lowest it has been since March 2021. On a month-to-month basis, inflation rose 0.2%.