Trump's Flip On Marijuana Legalization Conflicts With Running Mate JD Vance Who Does Not Share The Sentiment

During a series of appearances on Sunday talks shows, including CNN, ABC and CBS News, Republican VP contender JD Vance from Ohio called Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris a "fundamentally fake person" who changes her views depending on who she's talking to — a bad habit he claims his prospective new boss Donald Trump does not engage in.

"People change their minds. When the facts change, they should," Vance told CNN's Dana Bash. "But if you want to be the people’s vice president or president, you should have to stand before an interviewer and say, this is why it changed my mind."

Actually, Trump recently did change his mind on a popular issue that is likely to be important for many voters in the November 2024 elections. At a press conference in Mar-a-Lago last Thursday, Trump said: “As we legalize it, I start to agree a lot more because it’s being legalized all over the country.”

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We All Change Our Minds

Trump's flip on cannabis is in direct contrast to Vance’s stance on marijuana legalization as expressed before, after and during the campaign that led to Ohio's overwhelming approval of a recreational cannabis initiative, known as Issue 2, in November 2023.  

In an interview with conservative Christian talk show host Bob Frantz in Cleveland, Vance said at the time that he would be a “no” vote on Issue 2, noted WOSU.

“I want people to not bring this everywhere that kids walk around, play. I want to be able to go to my job. I want to go to do normal things without being slammed in the face with the smell of weed,” Vance said.

Vance has called cities in cannabis-legal states like Denver and San Francisco “open air drug markets” and says he doesn’t want the same to happen in Ohio cities like Columbus, Cincinnati or Cleveland.

You’ve Come A Long Way, JD

While he may not agree with Trump on his new cannabis stance, Vance has come a long way from calling Trump "America's Hitler" and bashing him for sexual indiscretions.

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