Scoop: Sen. Bob Casey targeting "greedflation" in DNC speech

• The dynamic is what Casey calls "greedflation," and it's being latched onto from the middle to the left of the party.
• Casey, in one of the country's most important Senate races, will release a digital campaign ad ahead of his speech on Thursday highlighting his fight against price gouging.

The big picture: Democrats from top to bottom are honing in on "greedflation." Vice President Harris has outlined her own plan to combat inflation with a ban on grocery price gouging.

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the progressive icon, used his DNC speech on Tuesday night to say that Democrats will take on price gouging and tax the rich.
• The 49 second digital hit from the Casey campaign includes a clip of the Democrat arguing that price gouging is a "rip off by these greedy corporations."

Zoom out: It is part of a larger economic platform that is starting to come into shape for Harris and Democrats down ballot.

• Harris has proposed $25,000 worth of down payment support for a million would-be homeowners, a $35 cap on insulin prices and expand the Child Tax Credit.
• Republicans, however, have made litigating the case against the Biden-Harris economy one of their top issues of the election cycle.

Between the lines: Casey's crusade against price gouging has already gotten the attention of the party's top echelon.

• In his 2024 State of the Union address, President Biden mentioned Casey's legislation to penalize companies for selling less product for the same price.