Kamala’s Latest 180: Harris Disowns Her 2019 Pledge To Ban Plastic Straws
by Paul Bois Sep 6, 2024
Campaign staffers say presidential candidate Kamala Harris has reversed her 2019 pledge to ban plastic straws over climate change. [emphasis, links added]
In 2019, during a CNN Climate Town Hall, Kamala Harris said America should ban plastic straws to fight against the climate crisis while acknowledging paper straws could be difficult to drink from.
“I think we should, yes,” she said. “I mean, look, I’m going to be honest: It’s really difficult to drink out of a paper straw, like, if you don’t gulp it down immediately, it starts to bend, and then the little thing catches it. So, we gotta kind of perfect that one a little bit more.”
Kamala called for “innovation” on plastic alternatives.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/kamala-180-harris-disowns-2019-pledge-ban-plastic-straws/
