Harris flips on another policy position: Banning plastic straws
Join Fox News for access to this content You have reached your maximum number of articles. Log in or create an account FREE of charge to continue reading. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris has flipped on another policy — banning plastic straws.
Harris' campaign has abandoned the vice president's previous position from the 2020 Democratic primary in which she stated unequivocally that plastic straws should be banned due to environmental considerations.
"She doesn't support banning plastic straws," a campaign official told Axios on Wednesday.
KAMALA HARRIS SAYS SHE SUPPORTS PLASTIC STRAW BAN DURING CNN CLIMATE CHANGE MARATHON
Harris was asked whether she would support a ban on "single use plastics" during a CNN town hall marathon in 2019, and specifically whether she would ban plastic straws.
"I think we should, yes," Harris responded.
"Look, I'm going to be honest... It's really difficult to drink out of a paper straw," she joked. "So we kinda have to perfect that a little bit more."
The campaign emphasized that the policy change does not lower the priority of environmental reforms for the vice president.
JD VANCE RIPS KAMALA HARRIS FOR 'FLIP-FLOPPING' DURING CNN INTERVIEW: 'IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO BUY THIS'
"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," the campaign told Axios.
It's the latest in a long series of position