Another flip-flop from Kamala Harris…
According to an Axios report, Kamala Harris has changed her position on banning plastic straws — a proposal she was adamantly in support of during her 2020 presidential campaign run.
During a CNN town hall in 2019, Harris was asked whether plastic straws should be banned.
“I think we should,” she said. “We do need to ban the plastic” straws, she added.
Watch the clip below:
New: When Harris ran in 2020, she said plastic straws should be banned.
Today, her campaign told Axios that's no longer her position.
"She doesn't support banning plastic straws," a campaign official told Axios.https://t.co/JShkIVWXwo
Heres’s the 2019 clip: pic.twitter.com/AGL2YkymQN
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) September 6, 2024
From Axios:
Axios asked Harris’ current campaign if she still supports that idea.
“She doesn’t support banning plastic straws,” a campaign official told Axios.
“She cast the tie-breaking vote on the most consequential legislation to combat climate change and create clean energy jobs in history, and as President, she is going to be focused on expanding on that progress.”
“She joked even then about how crappy paper straws are and the need to come up with better eco-friendly alternatives,” the official said.
Former President Trump’s campaign has used her past support of plastic-straw bans in its attacks casting Harris as a San Francisco liberal.
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told NBC in July: “I mean, heck, she wants to get rid of plastic straws, for goodness sake.”
More over at Axios:
Harris abandons 2019 pledge to ban plastic straws https://t.co/C28oewUcRE
— Axios (@axios) September 6, 2024
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