Arkansas Senate rejects Rapert's medical marijuana smoking ban

Someone has the pharmaceutical drug lobby deep, deep in his pockets.

GOP says it's the party of personal rights but they impose religious based laws banning alcohol doesn't make much sense

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GOP says it's the party of personal rights but they impose religious based laws banning alcohol doesn't make much sense

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Always confused me since Jesus drank wine.

Arkansans won't give a shite unless he shuts down the medical meth bill

He's a useless choad.

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Always confused me since Jesus drank wine.

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Jesus didn't just drink wine, he made wine for others to enjoy.

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He's the same republican that wants to have a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. idk how he keeps getting elected. Republicans have been fighting medical marijuana tooth and nail in Arkansas

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Are you just going to ignore that the republican supermajority in the arkansas senate is rejecting rapert?

Why does he speak for all republicans, but the republican senate does not?

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It's a strange way to approach it. Most people, conservatives included, don't like the guy.

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Play to a true believer base that will turn out for you, hope to come in first in a crowded, contentious primary, and take your chances in the general. It's a plausible, if longshot, strategy.

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GOP says it's the party of personal rights but they impose religious based laws banning alcohol doesn't make much sense

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Absolutely, but I think it's a mistake to assume these people are the thrust of the Republican party right now--the same sort of mistake that shocked the piss out of out-of-touch HRC supporters.

With the exception of a few notable outliers (both bad national/state policies and some kooks like Rapert), and some ill-advised DJT statements, the R party has pulled much closer to the center while the Dems continue to move the goalpost for "the left" deeper into the nutterlands.