Vice President Kamala Harris is a flip-flopper.
She changes her “policies” to fit … whatever the climate is.
It may be her most endearing trait.
Her latest? Plastic straws. She says they may remain legal.
Whoah.
But why?
Christian Britschgi explains at Reason.com: “People’s frustration with paper alternatives to plastic straws eventually saw support for straw bans subside. By 2020, the policy had become synonymous with liberal overreach. Conservatives and freedom-lovers rallied behind plastic straw use,” Mr. Britschgi wrote on Friday. “The Trump campaign even started selling Trump-branded plastic straws and singled out Harris’ support for straw bans in attack ads.”
So it’s no mystery why “Harris’ campaign handlers are reversing her past support for plastic straw bans.”
But isn’t this “a lot less consequential than Harris’ other policy switcheroos”? Britschgi thinks NO. “Harris’ history with plastic straw bans is a useful window into her evolution as a candidate.”
Paul Jacob has written about this sort of issue:
- “The Last Straw” — January 29, 2018
- “Are We Graduating from Plastic?” — March 9, 2020
- “How Quickly Can California Be Destroyed?” — October 2, 2020
See also:
“How to Know” — January 5, 2019