Kamala Harris just can't make up her mind: Though much of the media probably won't give her a hard time about this, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris keeps flip-flopping on key policy items, frequently failing to explain her reasoning.
Most of her pivots involve drifting from ultra-progressive policy positions toward more moderate ones actually favored by voters. Harris formerly argued, for example, that reparations for slavery were needed (in 2019 and 2020); she has since backed away from this position. During the 2020 election, she advocated decriminalizing border crossings, changing them from a criminal to a civil offense (a position not favored by the Biden administration and one she has since recanted). She used to be in favor of implementing mandatory gun buyback programs, a position she's now backed away from. She has pivoted on a federal jobs guarantee included in the Green New Deal—favored by her in 2019 and 2020—which she now opposes. In fact, she's shifted her position on a whole slew of environmental issues: In 2020, she said plastic straws should be banned (which she no longer believes, apparently). She has possibly shifted on an electric vehicle mandate, but her campaign refuses to give a clear answer.
