Americans worried about inflation may find a friend in Sen. Mark Kelly if he’s chosen as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate, but that wouldn’t be surprising since most of his short political career has been during a time of rising prices, experts say.
Kelly, elected in 2020 and on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Harris’ short list for vice president, is the junior senator from Arizona. He’s known for his service as a Navy pilot, an astronaut with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords. Giffords stepped down a year after suffering a severe brain injury.
In Kelly’s career, he’s shown sensitivity to people suffering from high inflation. He supported the administration’s steps to lower gas prices and a bill allowing the government to negotiate drug prices, for example.
“I don’t think he creates, based on policy, a massive variation to Kamala Harris,” said Ronnie Thompson, investment adviser representative and owner of True North Advisors in Northville, Michigan.
Here are some of Kelly’s views and past actions.
What has Kelly said and done about energy prices?
2022: Supported the Biden administration’s ban on Russian oil, gas, and coal imports after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Kelly pushed to suspend the federal gas tax and supported President Joe Biden’s releasing oil from the country’s strategic reserves to provide some relief to Americans paying record…
