Harris flips on another policy position: Banning plastic straws

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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.

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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.

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"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