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groundloop

(12,136 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:17 PM Aug 31

Donald Trump comes out in support of recreational-use marijuana in Florida

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump has come out in support for a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana in Florida, the state where he resides.

In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said “personal amounts of marijuana will be legalized for adults” with Florida’s amendment 3 “whether people like it or not”.

The former US president said “someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other States”. He added: “We do not need to ruin lives & waste Taxpayer Dollars arresting adults with personal amounts of it on them.”

Trump’s support contrasts with Florida’s governor and fellow Republican, Ron DeSantis, who has been a vocal opponent of the ballot measure. “This is bad policy and even worse constitutional law,” DeSantis wrote in an X post this week.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/donald-trump-recreational-marijuana-florida

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Donald Trump comes out in support of recreational-use marijuana in Florida (Original Post) groundloop Aug 31 OP
Fuck. ColinC Aug 31 #1
You're right. That's it. disappearingboy Aug 31 #8
Hit the nail on the head. Thanks for agreeing with me. ColinC Aug 31 #11
Or he might lose some conservative voters IronLionZion Aug 31 #15
Not likely. Marijuana legalization is one of the few "controversial" issues with almost unanimous support ColinC Aug 31 #17
Just say it like its ALWAYS been her position. oldsoftie Aug 31 #24
Let's see if that changes in a few hours. RandySF Aug 31 #2
What do you mean? ColinC Aug 31 #4
Trump flip-flops on everything (n/t) PJMcK Aug 31 #5
He flipped on abortion twice in a 24 hour period. RandySF Aug 31 #6
Looking forward to seeing the flip flop ads ColinC Aug 31 #7
I wonder how much he got paid for this stance? WhiteTara Aug 31 #3
Well, if he can't stop Don Jr., then I guess this is the next step. no_hypocrisy Aug 31 #9
More of the "Please don't send me to jail!" campaign mymomwasright Aug 31 #10
It is funny Trenzalore Aug 31 #12
I really hate this guy Ursus Arctos Aug 31 #13
But he said he's in favor of legalizing abortion (right before and after he said he's against it). groundloop Aug 31 #16
woo hoo twodogsbarking Aug 31 #14
A foolish inconsistency is the hobgoblin in his mind, DJ Synikus Makisimus Aug 31 #18
Not too surprising. Florida is the land of leisure. ificandream Aug 31 #19
Can we expect him to call for decriminalization of cocaine next? ificandream Aug 31 #20
Trump should prove his support. LiberalFighter Aug 31 #21
How do you know he hasn't? Conjuay Aug 31 #31
I specified in public on live tv. LiberalFighter Aug 31 #33
Excellent. Don't care if he's pandering . . . Journeyman Aug 31 #22
At this point he's going to swing whatever way he thinks the voters want. oldsoftie Aug 31 #23
Wait. Isn't abortion legal in so many other states, too? eggplant Aug 31 #25
I'm willing to have limits, of course. eggplant Aug 31 #26
So in trump talk pwb Aug 31 #27
FL has been trying to get this passed, etc. for some time. I've been watching and haven't seen any success. SWBTATTReg Aug 31 #28
Exactly. disappearingboy Aug 31 #30
I'm still awaiting the shit he promised last time around. Conjuay Aug 31 #29
Which of his stances is he going to flip on next? Is he going to prosecute himself? Scrivener7 Aug 31 #32
Bob Kennedy's worm has been busy - first abortion, and now MJ. nt TBF Aug 31 #34
I'm guessing that even if it was Federally approved, slightlv Aug 31 #35
This just in -- Dumpty Donald wants to open a marijuana lounge in Mar-A-Lago ... :) ificandream Aug 31 #36

ColinC

(10,408 posts)
1. Fuck.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:20 PM
Aug 31

This should have been something Kamala was on top of a long time ago.

By being timid on issues that are popular with close to 80% of the country, we are allowing him to outflank us in really stupid ways -and on issues we are already traditionally aligned with.



She needs to immediately start calling for the legalization of weed. Yesterday.

ColinC

(10,408 posts)
17. Not likely. Marijuana legalization is one of the few "controversial" issues with almost unanimous support
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:49 PM
Aug 31

Ursus Arctos

(30 posts)
13. I really hate this guy
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:43 PM
Aug 31

"someone should not be a criminal in Florida, when this is legal in so many other States” But he doesn't feel this way about reproductive rights.

groundloop

(12,136 posts)
16. But he said he's in favor of legalizing abortion (right before and after he said he's against it).
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:48 PM
Aug 31


I read it on the internet, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
18. A foolish inconsistency is the hobgoblin in his mind,
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 01:57 PM
Aug 31

though I'm not sure he has a mind. Perhaps that hobgoblin has just taken up rent-free residence in his id. His position tends to be that of whoever had his ear last. You know, like abortion. Wait a bit for when he's speaking before a horde of christofascists who think it's a "gateway drug," this will probably change. His supporters don't care about "flip-flopping," and neither does the press.

But yeah, recreational (and by default medical) marijuana legalization should have been a Democratic Party national platform item a VERY long time ago. Removal of prohibitions, legalization of research into medical possibilities at universities, whole nine yards. Legalization can really help with government revenue as well, and that could be used on expanding public health care and housing if the effort was made. But no. Too busy trying to win back those "Reagan Democrats," or something? Probably James Carville's doing.

Journeyman

(15,135 posts)
22. Excellent. Don't care if he's pandering . . .
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 02:49 PM
Aug 31

hope this influences the MAGAts on my City Council to finally support dispensaries here. We need the tax base.

oldsoftie

(13,503 posts)
23. At this point he's going to swing whatever way he thinks the voters want.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 02:56 PM
Aug 31

He's flipped 3 times on the FL abortion bill; trying to have it both ways.

eggplant

(3,975 posts)
25. Wait. Isn't abortion legal in so many other states, too?
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:11 PM
Aug 31

I am thankful to have legal weed and legal abortion here in NY.

eggplant

(3,975 posts)
26. I'm willing to have limits, of course.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:12 PM
Aug 31

Anything up to, let's say, eight abortions per day, per person.

SWBTATTReg

(23,991 posts)
28. FL has been trying to get this passed, etc. for some time. I've been watching and haven't seen any success.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:22 PM
Aug 31

Too many 'conservatives in FL' or too many elderly people not wanting the wicked weed to flourish in FL.

I hope for the people of FL, allowing them a choice on what they can have plus a bonus, FL makes tax revenues off the sales of POT. It's a win/win. And there are probably lots of people who could benefit from smoking a little bit of it, to relax their joints (bones, etc.), relieve the stress, etc.).

And f**k djt. He's just getting desperate to get any additional votes to get back into the WH. And yes, he's that desperate to flip / flop
on every issue.

disappearingboy

(68 posts)
30. Exactly.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:35 PM
Aug 31

People act like he's this shrewd, brilliant tactical mind who will always run circles around the Democrats and catch them all flat-footed. The truth is that he's just a two-bit charlatan, huckster, and carnival barker who will say and do anything to get people to like him.

Conjuay

(2,035 posts)
29. I'm still awaiting the shit he promised last time around.
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:34 PM
Aug 31

You know, a wall that Mexico will pay for, better health care than Obamacare, you know the stuff from his LAST desicration of the Oval Office.

Scrivener7

(52,391 posts)
32. Which of his stances is he going to flip on next? Is he going to prosecute himself?
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 03:41 PM
Aug 31

Or is he going to admit that there was never going to be an infrastructure week?

slightlv

(4,225 posts)
35. I'm guessing that even if it was Federally approved,
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 05:44 PM
Aug 31

Kansas would still make it illegal to smoke it within the confines of its state. This state is one of those that fights against what people want with all their might. God forbid someone, somewhere, might have a smile on his face, enjoying life for a change!

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