President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump administration eyes proposal to block jet engine sales to China: report Trump takes track to open Daytona 500 Brazile 'extremely dismayed' by Bloomberg record MORE’s 2020 reelection campaign is now selling branded plastic straws in a pushback against efforts to ban them, and, as of Friday afternoon, the Trump straws had sold out.
“Liberal paper straws don’t work. STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP and buy your pack of recyclable straws today,” reads the straws’ product description on the president’s campaign website.
The red, BPA-free, reusable straws are made in America and come in a pack of 10 for $15 and are “laser engraved” with Trump’s name, according to the website.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale
Bradley (Brad) James ParscaleMORE tweeted a photo of the straws on Thursday night, writing “Making Straws Great Again.”
Making Straws Great Again #Trump2020https://t.co/kHXWaUnKt6
— Brad Parscale (@parscale) July 18, 2019
Multiple cities have limited or banned single-use plastic straws. California in 2019 enacted rules limiting the straws to curb plastic pollution, and Seattle has banned them completely.
Businesses including McDonald’s and Starbucks have also worked to use fewer plastic straws, with the fast-food coffee chain eliminating them completely from their stores by 2020.
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump Jr., Meadows wear matching Trump jackets on 'Fox & Friends' Group auctioning off hunting trip with Donald Trump Jr. Trump allies to barnstorm Iowa for caucuses MORE tweeted jokingly that the Trump straws “may not be legal in some states.”
May not be legal in some states. https://t.co/kZdPQOrrb3
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 18, 2019
Others took to Twitter to comment on the product, with one journalist joking that “sea turtles are underrepresented in the Electoral College."
Sea turtles are under-represented in the Electoral College https://t.co/Y4AKkokSt5
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 19, 2019
I thought it was a joke, but it’s true...the Trump campaign is selling plastic straws.
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 19, 2019
“Liberal paper straws don’t work.” pic.twitter.com/6PIgsELCAk
