On Pyrrhic victories: your December ask is a recorded vote against the full-spectrum CBD access the President demanded in writing, that Medicare now delivers to seniors, and that the VFW asked for on behalf of veterans. Texas already ran that experiment. The ban cost its legislature 51 points of favorability with Trump’s own pollster, and it turned a +14 state into a dead-heat Senate race. Republicans want this regulated, not banned: 59-23 in Texas, 77% nationally. Nobody was bullied. The party read its voters. Some victories are worth losing.
The roll call says otherwise. Republicans up for re-election voted to table at 58%. Republicans who don’t face voters until 2030 voted 69%. The least pressurable cohort was the most against you, and Collins, the most endangered Republican in the country, voted with you. Also: 35 of the 61 weren’t Republicans at all. Your whole coalition is smaller than the Democratic side of the vote alone. In November, keeping the ban on track got 76 votes. After eight months of “educating every member,” it got 32.
@ATLANTICWATERW@SenTedBuddNC I agree with you that the smoke is a public nuisance. All the more reason to support THC beverages sold in age-gated channels, similar to what we do for other adult substances like alcohol and tobacco.
@SenTedCruz Well said. Whoever bans THC in Texas will go down as one of the biggest regulatory and political own-goals in Texas history. See here https://t.co/msxHmZph0a
I support the current hemp language in the funding bill.
It bans synthetic intoxicants while giving naturally derived products a short extension.
That’s common sense, and it gives Congress and the Administration time to negotiate a more substantial bill.
Trump knows which way the wind is blowing here.
“Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'”
THC drinks can’t be stopped.
@austinogilvie@happy_cabbage Good question. Retail operators run thru a checklist of tools and stuff they THINK they need, but in reality don’t. The job gets way harder when you introduce other steps of the supply chain.