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Eric Garner’s mother urges Sen. Schumer to oppose Biden’s menthol cigarette ban, citing its potential to ‘hurt blacks and Hispanics’
Breitbart ^ | 11/10/2023 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 11/10/2023 12:12:03 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The mother of Eric Garner sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday asking him to oppose the Biden administration’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes, which she says could lead to “increased negative encounters with police in communities of color.”

“Senator Schumer, you have been a longstanding advocate for the people of New York and have shown a commitment to tackling tough issues with both courage and compassion,” Gwen Carr wrote in a Nov. 9 missive exclusively obtained by The Post.

“It is with respect for your role and faith in your leadership that I urge you to lend your voice to those of us who harbor legitimate concerns about the FDA’s proposed menthol ban.”

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer; cigarette; ericgarner; garner; gwencarr; kool; menthol; newport; newyork; raciss; schumer; tobacco
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You can't make this stuff up.
1 posted on 11/10/2023 12:12:03 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rumor has it Biden’s next move is to ban crunchy peanut butter because it causes problems for people with dentures.


2 posted on 11/10/2023 12:15:21 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rumor has it Biden’s next move is to ban crunchy peanut butter because it causes problems for people with dentures.


3 posted on 11/10/2023 12:15:42 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
😂
4 posted on 11/10/2023 12:20:01 PM PST by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When Canada got rid of menthols, there was a lot of grumbling from the Asian community

Gov’t. tries to make it look like only kids are buying these, so they “have to be banned” ...


5 posted on 11/10/2023 12:24:27 PM PST by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Smoke Kools. Open them from the bottom of the pack.


6 posted on 11/10/2023 12:26:27 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Eric Gardner is a victim of stupid liberal laws.


7 posted on 11/10/2023 12:34:39 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Another time when l thought it was the bee but it wasn’t


8 posted on 11/10/2023 12:36:19 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Smoking is nasty, filthy and disgusting.


9 posted on 11/10/2023 12:38:33 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: cowboyusa

Yup.

Confiscatory tax rates.

That’s why he was selling “loosies”, because the NYC twatwaffles made a pack of smokes cost $20 or whatever it is.

Another name for the black market is the free market. They never learn either. State-legal Marihuana is a huge debacle, because they set the tax rates way, way too …. high. So only tourists by the officially sanctioned dope. Cartels move in, huge grow operations and sell on the side.

As a general rule, people who have never ran a successful business should not be involved in government in any way. The damage they do is incalculable.


10 posted on 11/10/2023 12:41:48 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: ComputerGuy
My dad smoked Kools - for most of his cigarette-smoking career, which ran
from age 13 to age 75.

But amazingly he lived until age 89 - a few months short of 90!
But that might have been due to all of the exercise he got from dragging the
oxygen tank around behind him for those last 10 years. (Yes, he did that.)

11 posted on 11/10/2023 12:49:22 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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“Smoking takes ten years off your life. Well it’s the ten worst years, isn’t it folks? It’s the ones at the end! It’s the wheelchair, kidney dialysis, adult diaper ______ years. You can have those years! We don’t want ‘em, alright?”

- Dennis Leary


12 posted on 11/10/2023 12:54:24 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Is there anything on this Rock that black folks don't see as racist? I remember just some years back how well race relations were going. I believe this relapse is due to Obambi, Tryvon Martin, St. George Floyd, and certain black female Congress critters with big mouths, and of course BLM that has been recognized as a legitimate organization.

What a shame that we're back to 1960's.

13 posted on 11/10/2023 12:55:26 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Blacks need to learn to obey their Democratic massahs—lol.


14 posted on 11/10/2023 12:57:20 PM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: dfwgator

That’s almost funny!


15 posted on 11/10/2023 12:57:28 PM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: SVTCobra03

“Smoking is nasty, filthy and disgusting.”

It is almost as nasty, filthy and disgusting as the Nanzis who want to ban it.


16 posted on 11/10/2023 12:58:11 PM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Smoke ‘em if you got’em


17 posted on 11/10/2023 12:59:28 PM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: dfwgator

My grandmother (who I write about a lot) lived to be 106 after smoking one cigarette a day after dinner her whole life.

I guess if it was not for that evil tabakky she might have made it to 107!


18 posted on 11/10/2023 12:59:53 PM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: ComputerGuy

That’s right. Keeps the filter end clean.


19 posted on 11/10/2023 1:08:21 PM PST by clashfan (Whom shall I fear?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In the poorly done remake of one of my favorite movies (1960 version), the Time Machine (2002) had an academic try to convince the time traveler Dr. Alexander Hartdegen in 1899 to give up his obsession with the time theory.
“Why don’t you do something productive for society like working with that professor’s research on the beneficial health effects of cigarette smoking?”


20 posted on 11/10/2023 1:25:05 PM PST by frank ballenger (“My job is to inform, not to convince.” St. Bernadette Soubirous )
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