Fielding a question on the environment posed by an international supporter in Iowa, former Vice President Joe Biden said he “100 percent” believes we should “not be allowing plastic.”
“What’s your focus?” the Kenyan woman asked. “Because in Kenya, we are trying to clean the environment, no plastic bags, you go with your own bags.”
“I agree with you 100 percent,” Biden replied. “We should not be allowing plastic, and what we should do is phasing it out.”
Biden, 77, received applause for the comments. California, Hawaii, and Oregon have passed bans on the disposable plastic bags, and Sen. Kamala Harris said we “need to ban the plastic straws” in September.
In 2015, a handful of Democrats called for a 10-cent tax on plastic bags nationwide, and just last year, the House of Representatives imposed a ban on plastic straws in its cafeterias. Washington, D.C., banned plastic straws on Jan. 1.
Biden is leading the 2020 Democratic field, according to RealClearPolitics.
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Joe Biden last night agreed “100 percent” with a nationwide ban on plastic bags, saying “we should not be allowing plastic” and “what we should do is phasing [sic] it out” pic.twitter.com/pu7YXMpxlc
— Zach Parkinson (@AZachParkinson) January 3, 2020
