Trump is a teetotaler on alcohol and drugs. Does anyone have evidence that he does not approve of this policy?
“Trump is a teetotaler on alcohol and drugs. Does anyone have evidence that he does not approve of this policy?”
Is there evidence that Trump does approve? As far as Sessions running with Trump’s policies, Trump said two or three days ago he wouldn’t have appointed him if he’d known he would recuse himself.
One can be a teetotaler and disagree wholeheartedly with this nation's wasteful War on Drugs and AG Session's "Back to the 80s" embrace of failed reefer madness drug warrior programs.
This wasn't what I voted for when I voted for Trump and it certainly wasn't what he ran on.
From PolitiFact
In a radio interview with WWJ Newsradio 950 in Michigan on March 8, 2016, Trump said "I think it certainly has to be a state — I have not smoked it — it’s got to be a state decision … I do like it, you know, from a medical standpoint … it does do pretty good things. But from the other standpoint, I think that it should be up to the states."
At a campaign rally in Sparks, Nevada on Oct. 29, 2015, Trump said: "The marijuana thing is such a big thing. I think medical should happen — right? Don’t we agree? I think so. And then I really believe we should leave it up to the states. It should be a state situation ... but I believe that the legalization of marijuana – other than for medical because I think medical, you know I know people that are very, very sick and for whatever reason the marijuana really helps them - … but in terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state."
So if Trump approves of this, it is in opposition to policies he took on the campaign trail.
Is he? I have wondered. When he spoke at an event husband and I attended in December, he was slurring his words. Husband and I both thought he sounded inebriated. But that was the only time I’ve heard him sound that way. I don’t go looking for video of him speaking.
Whether he approves this policy or not, it couldn't be more obvious that it's misguided in terms of priorities, demonstrates a profound ignorance regarding federalism, and flies in the face of a glaringly obvious trend throughout the several States.
It looks like this administration may finally have found a way to alienate—or at least alarm—its base.
If the People wanted tired old naive Prohibitionist policy on the Drug War, they could have elected Hillary, or nominated some Establishment Republican.
This is just foolish with a capital "F" on the part of Sessions. I'm now convinced that he's totally out of touch with contemporary American thought on marijuana laws.
What an idiot! I'm officially giving up on AG Jeff Sessions in terms of the priorities he's promoting. And if President Trump is gung-ho about this, it's the first significant strike against him, in my book...