 It's no secret that Joe Biden is out of touch. I think that even his own supporters know that he's out of touch But they're still supporting him regardless because they think that he's more electable Against Donald Trump, which is laughable But I mean it's no secret that he's not progressive right to put it charitably But I think that a lot of us underestimate how out of touch he really is like he made a comment about marijuana legalization Not in 1999 not in 2010 or 2014, but in 2019 That sounds like something a politician from back then would have said So this is what he had to say about the legalization of marijuana on a federal level According to the Hills Owen Doherty speaking at a town hall in Las Vegas on Saturday The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said whether the US should legalize cannabis on a federal level Is still up for debate as far as he's concerned The truth of the matter is there's not nearly been enough evidence that has been acquired as to whether or not it is a gateway drug Biden said according to business insider. It's a debate and I want a lot more before I legalize it nationally I want to make sure we know a lot more about the science behind it Biden as he asked throughout his time on the campaign trail said he supports medical marijuana and insisted Possession of the substance should not be a crime But he also said Saturday that he thinks the decision to legalize marijuana should be left up to individual states again I want to remind you he said this Recently like this sounds like a quote from a Democrat or Republican like half a decade ago This is just downright embarrassing to still suggest that Cannabis is a gateway drug at this point with the amount of evidence we have I Don't think it's unkind for me to call you an idiot. I think it's just accurate. This is a very stupid thing to say Marijuana is not a gateway drug marijuana is not addictive marijuana has not killed anybody Alcohol has on the other hand. We still keep that legal. I Mean how long is it going to take until people realize that prohibition does not work prohibition never works That's why we made alcohol legal It's why marijuana legalization in the states that it has Happened in has been incredibly successful and being from a state that has legal weed. I can assure you We're not going, you know out of our way to acquire meth now We're not graduating on to harder drugs. Nobody's doing that. In fact in I believe Colorado Marijuana use among young people has actually decreased So there's been nothing but positive effects and on top of that we're raising tax revenue that we are funneling to schools and local projects But yet Joe Biden says, you know what? We'll just leave that up to the states Okay Well, doesn't it not make sense that we're still locking people in jail in some states for something that is harmless in My state I can walk into a store and legally purchase as much pot as I want But in other states if you have marijuana on you you could go to jail That doesn't make sense and there are going to be some states who are never going to legalize it more Conservative Republican run states in the South who will never legalize marijuana and this is a civil liberties issue So why should people in the South never have what we have here in the Pacific Northwest? In fact, the whole West Coast has legal weed now. So when you say this is a states rights issue, this is you Pivoting this is you sitting on the fence because you don't actually want to take a real stand saying that you support medical marijuana That's not bold Republican support medical marijuana. That's not a bold stance at all decriminalization is not bold We need to talk about seriously Legalizing marijuana in all 50 states and the fact that you're not going to do that as president Shows that you're a joke. You're offering people nothing. You are offering voters nothing to be excited about I mean, this is an issue that would easily get at least some young people excited to vote for you I still wouldn't be excited to vote for you But if you were pushing this I'd say, okay, well, it makes sense because this is an issue that has bipartisan support I mean, you're gonna get the progressives as well as the libertarians on board. Why not opt for legalization? But you're so out of touch You don't know which way the wind is blowing on this issue which it's blowing towards legalization But nonetheless not enough for you to actually be bold for once in your life I mean Joe Biden It's like he figures out which side of history is the wrong side of history and he opts for that stance rather than just Doing what's right because he's a coward. He's a hack. This states rights issue is incredibly, you know annoying I think that some issues can be states rights issues. That's fine But on issues like this where it's incredibly popular The Democratic Party and Joe Biden would be absolutely morons to not jump on board with an issue that would make them so popular Who's against weed legalization in 2019? Support for this will only increase in 2020 so you can actually pound Trump for that Take away some libertarian votes in the event you're the nominee, which I hope you're not and say look Donald Trump isn't for freedom Donald Trump doesn't even want legalized marijuana federally What a joke. I thought he's in favor of freedom and liberty I thought that Republicans say that they believe in freedom and liberty but instead you're just choosing to take a stance That's a safe and quite frankly idiotic because of course, it's not a gateway drug What a stupid thing to say in 2019 like this is just it's perplexing at this point like to be that out of touch Like I genuinely don't get it. I don't get it Now I think that Jules have the best response to this because she said shit libs like Biden are a gateway drug to fascism And that's exactly it because if we keep electing these neoliberal centrist Democrats who get an office and don't do jack shit for the working class then people get more desperate and Subsequently become more susceptible to radicalization and then four to eight years down the line We get someone who's probably worse than Donald Trump We get a president Ted Nuget or a fucking president Roy Moore like the radicalization the fascism Will be something that draws more people in as they look for answers and Republicans always try to propose Answers to people's problems. It's the wrong answer. It's always scapegoating immigrants But they're proposing answers that speak to people that prey on their desperation and exploited So Democrats who are neoliberal who aren't actually going to fundamentally change the system They're letting you know that they're not serious about taking on these right wing demagogues and fascism and in a way They inadvertently enable it and when we're talking about true systemic change, we can't have true change change We can't have real criminal justice reform if we don't legalize marijuana and I'm not talking about decriminalization I'm talking about legalizing it and allowing people who have been hurt by it the most Who've communities who have been hit the hardest black communities to really have dibs at this new business here Because you know legal weed is going to be a very very large industry. It's already a multi-billion dollar industry So for you to just not get on board and fear monger about it being a gateway drug in 2019 It just shows to me that Joe Biden if you were to go up against Donald Trump It's gonna be a bloodbath and not in his favor. He's gonna get crushed by Donald Trump So I mean What else do you say about this in 2019 Joe Biden is still claiming that marijuana is a gateway drug What a dumbass