An executive order to ban hemp-derived THC products in Missouri is being undermined by the secretary of state, Gov. Mike Parson claims.

Parson said Jay Ashcroft didn’t sign off on the governor’s Aug. 1 executive order banning hemp-derived THC products because the secretary of state was angry Parson didn’t endorse him in a recent gubernatorial primary in which he lost, the Associated Press reported.

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Instead, Parson endorsed Ashcroft’s Republican rival and eventual primary winner, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe.

But Ashcroft spokesperson JoDonn Chaney denied Parson’s charge in an email, saying that the secretary of state “had concerns the rule did not meet the legal requirements as defined in statute,” the AP reported.

“He reached out to the executive branch to give them

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