Kamala Harris is talking about gas prices again

Kamala Harris.

Former vice president and failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris is speaking publicly about gas prices again, but striking a very different tone than she did four years ago when she discussed gas prices that were soaring under then-President Biden.

Harris posted a short video on social media showing herself standing outside of a gas station marquee in Charlotte, North Carolina, and bemoaning the cost of gas in the U.S. since the start of the war with Iran. According to the latest figures from AAA, gas prices have been up since the war began, but actually began to inch downward over the last week. The national average stood at $4.09 per gallon, according to AAA -- down seven cents from the previous week. The national average sat just under $3 a gallon in late February when the war began.

"Since the start of Trump's war of choice, it's 15 more dollars every time you fill up your tank of gas," Harris, who seemed distracted, said in the video. She was also careful to regurgitate a choice Democrat talking point, labeling the action against Iran to prevent nuclear weapon development as "Trump's war of choice."

Harris went on to complain about the high cost of diesel fuel, which is averaging $5.61 a gallon in the U.S. this week, about 20 cents lower than the all-time high diesel prices hit in 2022, when she was vice president, according to AAA figures. 

Harris' tone was decidedly different from remarks she made about soaring gas prices in 2022, a month after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, when she all but dismissed concerns about rising gas prices.

Biden had just delivered a State of the Union address in which he told Americans to brace for high gas prices. Speaking to reporters in the days after Biden's speech, Harris said, "There is a price to pay for democracy." She went on to suggest that it was important that the U.S. support Ukraine, even if doing so meant higher fuel prices in the U.S., adding that backing a friend can be difficult. "Often, it ain't easy," Harris laughed. 

Harris last week said she is "thinking about" running for president in 2028. 

Below watch Harris remarks on fuel prices in 2022 and compare them with her remarks in 2026.