Democratic strategist Kelly Hyman clashed with Fox News' Sandra Smith on Monday, as Smith tried to interrogate her about Vice President Kamala Harris' plan to ease inflation.
"You were explaining to me how Kamala Harris has a pitch to voters that will bring down prices, that, we should remind everyone, ran up under her and Biden's administration," said Smith. "So what's the plan to tackle these prices, like groceries up 25 percent?"
Hyman began to explain that Harris will first of all need Congress to implement her plans and cannot do them unilaterally, to which Smith cut in, saying, "So you don't think that Kamala Harris would bring down prices?"
"My point was the fact that ultimately Congress needs to act in order to help the American people," said Hyman. "There are very limited things that the president can do. Having said that—"
"Not sure that pitch is going to work for voters. 'Sorry guys, I can't do anything about it,'" Smith laughed, rattling off a list of common goods and their average price increases over the last four years. "If you're living on a fixed income in this country it is brutal right now. So the question is, what is her economic plan? What is her pitch to voters to bring these prices down? Trump keeps giving interview after interview detailing exactly how he plans to do it. We're all just saying, 'What is her plan?'"
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"Well first off, I would disagree with you in regards to Trump's plan," said Hyman. "Let's talk about Trump's plan. Trump's plan is to have tariffs ... economists have said that that harms the consumers, that harms the American people, and you can look at this online, that have to pay $3,500 more in regards to that. And not only does it affect consumers, but it also affects small businesses."
"Okay, what is Harris' plan?" said Smith. "We're waiting."
"Okay, there's a lot of aspects to it," said Hyman. "So let's talk about lowering the grocery cost ... she talks about certain things in regards to advancing the first federal ban on price-gouging on food and groceries, to set clear rules to the road, to make clear that big corporations can't unfairly exploit consumers—"
"Is that happening?" said Smith. As Hyman tried to answer, Smith cut in, "It seems you're having a hard time articulating her plan."
"That's not true," said Hyman. "I'm constantly being interrupted by you, which, as a woman, I think is is disrespectful when I'm trying to speak, every time I try and speak, you speak over me."
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