According to a report on the Daily Beast, Donald Trump has added the desire of the American public to legalize marijuana to the list of topics that could jeopardize his chances at the re-election.
At issue are states that are crucial to his election hope, including initiatives to allow recreational use of weeds on the ballot – which will encourage Democratic participation.
As the Beast notes, “The president and some of his team, already obsessed with the possible drop-off of various demographic groups forming his abusive coalition, have openly begun to worry that the urge to legalize or decentralize marijuana and other guy may tear Republicans at the polls, “add,” According to two GOP strategists who have discussed the issue independently with Trump this year, the president believes that including marijuana initiatives on state ballots could be a call give to voters who lend to Democratic candidates and causes. “
Two of those states have traditionally been Republican strongholds, and with the president looking to razor-thin margins to stay in office, rising weed could help hand over the presidency to former Vice President Joe Biden.
“If Trump’s theory is carried out in 2020, it could have significant consequences for him and other Republicans in tight races in November,” the Beast reports. “Two of the four states where recreational cannabis legalization is likely to make the vote in November are Arizona and Montana. Both of those states are hosting critical U.S. House of Representatives contests, where Republicans are fighting for tough re-elections.”
According to one avid supporter of Donald Trump, the Republican Party is behind the times on weed.
That would be Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
“Marijuana policies have more crowds in 2020 than 2018,” he explained. “[T]the political opportunity is there for either party in 2020 over marijuana policy. And there are a lot of marijuana voters … Hell [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], and I even co-sponsored legislation to democratize access to marijuana research. We get it. The establishment in both parties does not. “
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