Oil titans shred Kamala Harris video whining about gas prices

The US Oil & Gas Association has torn Kamala Harris apart after she posted a video expressing concern about high gas prices in North Carolina and across the country.

The prominent trade association that represents over 5,000 members pointed out the failed Democratic presidential pick had used jet fuel to fly across the country to promote her new book and record the footage.

They said: “California still pays the nation’s highest gas prices — thanks to the taxes, mandates, and anti-production policies you championed for years.

“Flying cross-country (made possible by jet fuel) to North Carolina to make a video isn’t going to change that.”

The association’s comments were in response to a video shared by Harris via her social media account the same day, in which she addressed the war in Iran.

“I’m here in Charlotte. Since the start of Trump’s war of choice, it’s $15 more every time you fill up your tank of gas,” she said, standing in front of a local gas station in the state nearly 2,500 miles from her home in California, where she recently purchased a new home in Malibu.

“We’ve got a president who is paying more attention to what he thinks is in his best political interests and personal interests, as opposed to what is in the best interest of working people in America,” the former vice president added.

While Harris has not ruled out a potential 2028 run following her loss to Trump in 2024, she has yet to make her formal intentions clear. Harris lost all seven key battleground states, including North Carolina, where the video was filmed.

The association of thousands of oil industry workers did not hold back from schooling Harris.

“Ma’am (can we call you Ma’am?), we’ll keep this factual and review your actual record, not your reboot,” the association wrote before elaborating on her track record.

In a lengthy social media post, the group argued that as a US senator from 2017–2021, Harris was an original cosponsor of the Green New Deal resolution, which called for a transition away from fossil fuels.

It also pointed to statements from her 2020 presidential campaign, including remarks at a CNN town hall — “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking” — and on NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” where she said, “We will end fracking once and for all.”

The post further cited her proposed climate plan, which included ending new fossil fuel leases on federal lands and phasing out oil and gas production, as well as her record as California attorney general, where she pursued legal action against energy companies.

It also criticized her comments as vice president amid rising gas prices in 2022, when she said high costs were “a price to pay for democracy” amid the war in Ukraine.

“That seems — I don’t know — selective?” the oil association wrote, noting what it described as a double standard in opposing high oil prices now but not when prices spiked during the war in Ukraine under the Biden administration.

US gas prices have climbed past $4 a gallon — the highest since 2022 — after the Iran conflict pushed oil above $100 a barrel. In California, prices are nearing $6, about $1.79 higher than the national average.

Before the war began on Feb. 28 gas averaged around $2.98 nationwide and was below $5 in California.

The California Post has reached out to representatives for Harris for comment on criticism following her video.

Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters