Price controls have also been implemented in this country as national policy several times since the early 1900s. I don’t think anybody would believe Nixon,for example, was a communist/Socialist.
But it is a bad economic policy for reasons that have been outlined on this forum. However, when Nixon implemented in 1971, he was reelected in a landslide in 1972 so they can be popular with the public until they feel the effects of them. Harris is preying on the economic ignorance of the public at large
Some of the best lessons in life are learned the hard way