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GanglyKhan posted...

The media and politicians are really fooling people into believing there isn't a single GOP-voting pot smoker lmao

That's probably actually a significant part of the reasoning behind the pardon. The GOP now has two options:

• Condemn the pardon and vow to do whatever they can to reverse it if they take power in the midterms
• Don't take a stance on the pardon

If they choose the first, they're going to alienate GOP voters that have or do smoke pot and enjoyed a brief taste of not being criminalized for it, inevitably resulting in some of them jumping ship because they've finally realized how much voting Republican actually hurts them. If they choose the second, they're unlikely to push anyone to vote D, but they are going to piss off their voter base that sees this as a moral failure, quite possibly to the point of discouraging them from voting at all. Either way, it's an easy win for the Demcorats.