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Gary Johnson says Trump marijuana reversal could doom re-election
Washington Examiner ^ | Jan. 5, 2018

Posted on 01/05/2018 7:07:23 AM PST by deplorableindc

Former Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson reacted angrily to President Trump's apparent abandonment of a campaign pledge to leave pot policy to the states, saying he hopes the pivot ends Trump's shot at re-election.

Johnson, who served two terms as a Republican governor of New Mexico, said the Trump administration is "grossly underestimating the anger this will create."

"I hope it dooms his re-election. Trump promised to leave marijuana to the states," Johnson told the Washington Examiner.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cannabis; garyjohnson; illindegenerates; jeffsessions; liberaltarian; marijuana; pot; potheads; singleissuevoters; tenthamendment; weaklingsondrugs; wod
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1 posted on 01/05/2018 7:07:23 AM PST by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc
Yeah, let a LOSER tell us how to win.
2 posted on 01/05/2018 7:08:41 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: deplorableindc

As if potheads would vote conservative.


3 posted on 01/05/2018 7:09:57 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: deplorableindc

Just what you’d expect from potheads.


4 posted on 01/05/2018 7:11:00 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: deplorableindc

Somehow, I doubt that.


5 posted on 01/05/2018 7:11:14 AM PST by grimalkin (You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible. - T. Sowell)
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To: deplorableindc

Eat some Cheetos and chill, dude. Mom will be down to change your sheets and clean the basement later. Until then, leave the rest to the grownups. President Trump can take care of himself.


6 posted on 01/05/2018 7:13:08 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: bgill

As if potheads would vote conservative.
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Exactly what I was thinking.


7 posted on 01/05/2018 7:13:28 AM PST by Pravious
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To: deplorableindc

Libertarians.

Is there nothing else but dope that concerns them?


8 posted on 01/05/2018 7:14:12 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (R2: Proudly intruding since 1958)
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To: deplorableindc

Medical marijuana (MM) is a HUGE deal these days. Stopping that makes one look like a stooge of big pharma.

MM works, and works VERY well. I have too many examples in my family and friends that prove it. It’s undeniable. Forcing it under the table is political suicide.


9 posted on 01/05/2018 7:14:25 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: deplorableindc

Lol. Right on queue.

What do Cheech and Chong have to say regarding this important issue?


10 posted on 01/05/2018 7:15:10 AM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: deplorableindc

Trump can propose federal decriminalization and he’d have my support (even though I believe my state should continue to make it a criminal offense). Until the current law is overturned, I hope Trump keeps his oath to the Constitution.


11 posted on 01/05/2018 7:15:32 AM PST by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: bgill

This conservative medical marijuana patient thinks pro-nanny staters aren’t very conservative at all.


12 posted on 01/05/2018 7:16:30 AM PST by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: americas.best.days...
What do Cheech and Chong have to say regarding this important issue?

"Dave's not here, man."

13 posted on 01/05/2018 7:17:09 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: deplorableindc

Because we have a federal law against marijuana use, the justice department needs to enforce it. The alternative is to get the Congress and Senate to rescind the federal law.

It amazes me that so many people do not understand the fundamentals of our democratic republic.


14 posted on 01/05/2018 7:17:59 AM PST by Gumdrop
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To: deplorableindc

Well, the congressional pot heads might be angry. But one must look at what we might gain against what we might lose. Politicians that are collectivists see legal pot as a cash cow to put off the day of reckoning for their political misdeeds. Regular law abiding citizens (which overwhelmingly outnumber the miscreants) cannot be happy that human beings are now encouraged to publicly defacate in the public square. They used to talk s...! Now they just s...!
This will not sell well at election time. The DNC and their GOPe surrogates continue to self destruct, at an ever increasing rate. They are all afloat on a ‘boat’ in a toilet bowl and President Trump has flushed the toilet.


15 posted on 01/05/2018 7:18:08 AM PST by Billyv (Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
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To: deplorableindc

Tell it to the Choom News Network.


16 posted on 01/05/2018 7:18:57 AM PST by wheelgun
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To: fwdude

Contrary to popular opinion, not all those who label themselves “libertarian” are in fact potheads, or even favor the unrestricted use of pot by anybody. There are limits that apply even to libertarians.

Gary Johnson speaks for Gary Johnson.


17 posted on 01/05/2018 7:19:57 AM PST by alloysteel (Sometimes I have to tell myself, it just isn't worth the jail time.)
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To: deplorableindc

“I hope it dooms his re-election. Trump promised to leave marijuana to the states,” Johnson told the Washington Examiner.

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When we can leave same-sex marriage to the states, then we can leave weed to the states. Fair?


18 posted on 01/05/2018 7:20:50 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: deplorableindc

Since these dimwits seem to think that a letter from the big “O” should reverse a federal law what would they think about doing the same for a number of other laws?

Lets start with the income tax law for one.


19 posted on 01/05/2018 7:22:16 AM PST by JayAr36 (Sliding into Socialism daily.)
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To: cmj328

It is surprising folks are so narrow minded about this. Sessions rightfully is going after MS13. One of their big items is drugs. Best way to fight them is to be able to throw a wider net.

We aren’t going to have federal agents chasing medical pot users or folks getting high in their backyard. Who has time for that???????

Of course, it would help greatly if Jeffy actually explained what they are doing and why. Definitely a moron from being in the senate too long.


20 posted on 01/05/2018 7:22:22 AM PST by PSUGOP
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