Kamala Harris wants to ban plastic straws but says paper straws too 'flimsy'

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During CNN's climate change town hall Wednesday, the California esnator said that she believes single-use plastics like plastic straws need to be banned, but that the paper alternative breaks too often and is ripe for some innovation.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said Wednesday during a CNN climate change forum that the U.S. should ban plastic straws while answering a question about curbing the country’s reliance on single-use plastics. But Harris also said she wants to “encourage innovation” around paper straws that break too often.

"I think we should, yes. I mean. Look, I’m going to be honest. It's really difficult out of --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," Harris says, making a snapping motion with her hands and laughing. "So, we gotta kind of perfect that one a little bit more.”

“Innovation is a process, but let's encourage innovation, and I think we can do a little better than some of those flimsy" paper straws, the California senator continued."I think we should" ban plastic straws, says Sen. Kamala Harris, but she adds we still need to rely on innovation to perfect the paper straw.

"It's really difficult to drink out of a paper straw...if you don't gulp it down immediately it starts to bend." https://t.co/LmjJvRwO5a pic.twitter.com/ZcEut4HFZdHer campaign's national press secretary, tweeted:"We really do need to jumpstart innovation in the straw space."A staffer for the RNC took to social media to spread the video of Harris' comments Wednesday evening.

Kamala Harris' extremism in action:"Yes" we should ban plastic straws. #ClimateTownHall pic.twitter.com/yNjATruZOsIn July, Brad Parscale, President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager, tweeted: "Making Straws Great Again," along with a link to buy Trump-branded straws from the Trump campaign store.

 

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Not gonna make a dent to our climate change issue. Get off the distractions.

Here are 40 things not about straws Kamala discussed.

so metal straw?

So pour some in your hand and slurp it up...use a rag to wipe off your hand and dab the blotches on your pants and shirt.

Never had a problem with paper straws when I was in school

She is an acclaimed expert on sucking, so I trust her opinion on this.

Not only flimsy, they give the drink a bad taste & quickly fail! It’s a stupid ban by children that really serves no purpose!

Kamala is accustomed to sucking on those more sturdy!

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