She flip-flopping so much.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has recently revised her stance on banning plastic straws. Her campaign has shifted away from her earlier position from the 2020 Democratic primary, where she had advocated for a ban on plastic straws for environmental reasons.
A campaign spokesperson informed Axios on Wednesday that Harris no longer supports such a ban. During a CNN town hall in 2019, Harris had expressed support for banning “single-use plastics” and specifically plastic straws, stating, “I think we should, yes.” She also made a light-hearted comment about the difficulty of using paper straws, suggesting they needed improvement.
The campaign emphasized that this policy change does not diminish Harris’s commitment to environmental issues. They highlighted her pivotal role in passing significant climate change and clean energy legislation and reassured that her focus as President would remain on advancing these environmental goals.
This latest shift is part of a broader pattern of policy reversals by Harris’s campaign as she seeks to succeed President Biden in the upcoming election. Critics, including voters, political commentators, and the Trump campaign, have pointed out these changes, particularly noting her recent reversal on fracking. Despite her 2019 position favoring a fracking ban, her campaign clarified last month that she no longer supports such a ban, a position significant in key battleground states like Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Harris has moved away from her previous support for “Medicare for All” and mandatory buybacks of semiautomatic rifles, both of which she endorsed during her primary campaign in 2020.
