Elon Musk takes yet another jab at Kamala Harris just hours ahead of the Harris-Trump debate
Hindustan TimesElon Musk has recently criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over her national “rent control” policies and grocery store price hikes, likening them to policies that would harm the housing and food industries. “When I’m president, I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families,” she wrote on X. Musk, however, expressed concern that her proposed solutions could lead to harmful national policies. While drawing a parallel between housing and food pricing, Musk added, “National food price controls on supermarkets, which only have a few percent profit margin, means empty shelves, just like Venezuela.” Harris has also focused on grocery store pricing, promising to tackle what she referred to as “price gouging” by large chains. An old clip from a 2019 CNN interview resurfaced in which Harris criticized the lack of oversight on social media, stating, “directly speaking to millions and millions of people without any level of oversight and regulation… has to stop.” Kennedy misinterpreted this statement as a threat to “free speech”, sharing the clip on X and accusing Harris of wanting to “shut down” platforms like X if they did not align with “government-approved narratives.” RFK further claimed that Harris would suppress free speech, stating, “He has lost his privileges.