Whitmer argues price control policy ‘speaks to Kamala Harris’s values’

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) defended Vice President Kamala Harris‘s proposed ban on price gouging, saying it speaks to Harris’s values and some people are looking too far into it.

Harris held a policy speech on Friday, during which she unveiled her economic proposals, including the price gouging ban, which many have criticized as price controls similar to those that have been unsuccessful in other countries. Whitmer, speaking on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, argued that people are reading too much into the price gouging proposal.

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