"...they smoked a joint and then beat an elderly woman over the head with a pistol."

[kpete]

J.D. Vance says marijuana should be a “state’s issue” but warns against being “soft on crime”:

“A lot of times … look at the underlying charge — it wasn’t just that they smoked a joint, it’s that they smoked a joint and then beat an elderly woman over the head with a pistol.”

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& A BIG OUCH

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[onecaliberal]

1. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[LakeArenal]

2. The Republicans just make stuff up.

Who are “they” who smoked a joint and what woman was beaten in the head? How many documented cases if that?

[Deuxcents]

3. Who gets violent on pot? Does he have documentation?

Asking for a friend

[Archae]

13. They do get violent, against food.

Tearing, biting...

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. That's a commercial that should get a lot of airplay in Ohio.

Brutal honsety. And Vance really didn't seem to react to it. Bunch of cowards and syncophants seem to be the Republican character today.

[Retrograde]

5. Has he been watching Reefer Madness again? (n/t)

[Hekate]

6. I read that Elegy book & was equally parts sickened by the violence of his upbringing & impressed

… that he escaped and rose above it.

Guess he decided to dive back in and go deep.

[Blue Owl]

7. Then they played the piano faster.... FASTER!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. ...

[Skittles]

15. STOP IT BLUE OWL

YER KILLING ME

[Joinfortmill]

8. Well, that's a lie. Guess he never smoked a joint.

[VGNonly]

9. Years back

I remember a PSA/propaganda: Tell somebody that's high on marijuana to bark like a dog, and he will do it!

[Deuxcents]

16. Did it include them laughing their butts off?

[Faux pas]

10. What

a pile of BULLSHIT.

[walkingman]

12. These folks were the bullies in HS and nothing ever changed. Disgusting idiots.

[Skittles]

14. is he pro-pistol now?

what a fucking moron