Gov. Ron DeSantis[1] admits a majority of Floridians are pro-weed and pro-choice, as he brags about two failed citizens’ initiatives to change the Constitution falling short through his efforts to “barnstorm” the state.
While discussing the Adult Personal Use of Marijuana[2] amendment and the Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion,[3] DeSantis didn’t say they would have needed 60%+ to pass and ended up a few points short at 56% and 57% respectively, but he did acknowledge more Floridians were against him than with him on these issues.
“And let’s just be honest, they were pushing issues in which probably more people agreed with them than agreed with me or agreed with us,” DeSantis said, describing pot as “somewhat popular” and acknowledging that “a lot of Floridians are not necessarily pro-life.”
Despite the majority support for the propositions, DeSantis fought them since it was the “morally right thing to do.”
More access to abortion would have been “very costly in terms of human lives, tens of thousands, you know, just in a year.”
Meanwhile, adult use cannabis would have smelled too funky.
“You can’t function as a state if you smell marijuana everywhere, if these kids are doing it. And this isn’t the marijuana they had in Woodstock, this is really, really, you know, dangerous stuff. So it would have been terrible for Florida,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis made the comments Saturday to the Pennsylvania Family Institute[4].
The Governor hinted that he might be eyeing a second run for President, speaking as if he were giving a speech in October 2028 at one point.
” I was told you’re going into a swing state. You can’t be bold. You can’t — you got to trim your sails,” DeSantis said, though he didn’t mention the specific advisor that gave him that tip.
References
- ^ Ron DeSantis (flgov.com)
- ^ Adult Personal Use of Marijuana (smartandsafeflorida.com)
- ^ Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion, (dos.elections.myflorida.com)
- ^ Pennsylvania Family Institute (rumble.com)