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RON DESANTIS REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO POT LEGALIZATION, GETS BOOED AT PRAYER
VIGIL AFTER FLORIDA SHOOTING

by Maureen Meehan
August 28, 2023 10:00 AM | 2 min read



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Ron DeSantis reiterated his opposition to legalized marijuana at a presidential
campaign event on Saturday in Iowa, stating concern that young children might
get their hands on cannabis that could be adulterated with fentanyl.

“I think it’s a real, real problem and I think it’s a lot different than stuff
that people were using 30 or 40 years ago. And I think when kids get on that, I
think it causes a lot of problems,” DeSantis said, adding that “drugs are
killing this country.”  


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Speaking at an event coordinated by the Never Back Down Super PAC, DeSantis used
San Francisco as an example that cannabis should not be legalized although he
acknowledged that Florida has had medical marijuana for years and it has never
been spiked with fentanyl.

Shooting In Jacksonville: DeSantis Booed At Prayer Vigil

Following the racially-motivated shooting death of three Black men by a masked
white man using a gun painted with a swastika on Saturday at a Dollar General
(NYSE: DG), DeSantis and his wife attended a prayer vigil on Sunday. When he was
called to the podium, DeSantis was greeted with scattered applause that turned
to boos.  

War On Woke: Don't Say Gay



DeSantis’s so-called war on woke campaign got underway several years ago during
his ongoing battle with Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) and his "Don't Say Gay"
anti-LGBTQ+ campaign that has heated up during his presidential primary campaign
when he announced a plan to rewrite Black history in Florida’s schools. DeSantis
is trailing Donald Trump in the primary race as Vivek Ramaswamy nips at his
coattails. 

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who represents the district where the
Jacksonville shooting took place, said Gov. DeSantis has had "an all-out attack
on the Black community with his anti-woke policies."

“Look, at the end of the day, the governor has blood on his hands,” Nixon told
MSNBC on Sunday.


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