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I was a little surprised that Trump didn't. That seems like an easy beat-the-establishment policy win, or more likely, he'd put the media in the position of ha
by mbg721 6y ago
I was a little surprised that Trump didn't. That seems like an easy beat-the-establishment policy win, or more likely, he'd put the media in the position of having to defend drug laws.
- redisman 6y agoHe was a 70 year old teetotaler and probably bought into the demon weed paranoia. Ironically so is Biden but dems seem much more willing to move on this based in the states so far
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoIt's a tale of two east coast authoritarians who tied themselves to two very different party platforms.
- scarface74 6y agoI don’t believe I’m defending Trump. But he definitely supported state’s rights to legalize weed. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-senator-reveals-what-trump-said-about-jeff-sessionss-anti-marijuana-moves/ https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-senator-reveals-what-tru...
- redisman 6y agoThat position is the status quo. Doing nothing isn’t that praise worthy
- samatman 6y agoToo many Evangelicals in his coalition, unfortunately. And they vote.
- snakeboy 6y agoDrug legalization, Snowden/Assange pardon, de-classifying stuff, congressional term limits... For Trump, being anti-establishment was always about catchy slogans "drain the swamp" and irrelevant "own the media" stunts like skipping the White House Correspondents' dinner.