Sen. John Fetterman’s campaign (D-PA) is promoting the senator’s pro-marijuana legalization platform, urging people to sign a petition to show “just how much support he has on this issue.”
In an email blast on Saturday, the senator’s team said “John stands firm in his beliefs” and is “proud to be fighting for legal weed,” among other issues such as health care reform and labor unions, in the Senate.
“John Fetterman understands that legal weed means more revenue, jobs, justice, and freedom,” it says. “He sees how it will benefit our farmers, veterans, and small businesses. And most of all, he sees it as a vital chance to expunge all bogus marijuana records and release folks incarcerated just for using the plant.”
When he served as Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor under then-Gov. Tom Wolf (D), Fetterman was a vocal advocate for cannabis reform and helped facilitate clemency at the state-level.
He’s become less outspoken about the issue since being elected to the Senate, but he has supported legalization proposals such as the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA). Fetterman hasn’t been the lead sponsor of any marijuana reform bills himself since entering federal office in 2023.
In any case, the new campaign
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