When Vice President Kamala Harris ran for president in 2020, she said plastic straws should be banned. On Thursday, her campaign says that’s no longer her position.
Banning plastic straws to protect the environment and marine life is the latest progressive issue on which Harris and her campaign have either declined to comment or changed her position.
Many parts of the country have banned plastic straws as concerns have grown about plastic pollution in oceans and waterways.
Seattle became the first major U.S. city to ban plastic straws in the summer of 2018.
Other countries also have signaled or committed to banning single-use plastic products.
Flashback: 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, saying that paper straws needed to be improved.
Axios asked Harris’ current campaign if she still supports that idea.
“She doesn’t support banning plastic straws,” a campaign official told Axios.
