Former Baptist Preacher, and Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, has released a video of himself urging people to vote against cannabis legalization, and calling those who do, “gullible.”
The video (below) is titled “Issue 4 Marijuana - At What Cost?” It combines video clips with misleading information, followed by Huckabee himself speaking directly into the camera and again more inaccuracies on marijuana. The video he posted begins with approximately twenty seconds of multiple images of tragic and destitute looking homeless people, their camps, graffiti, and trash, and the words “Enough is enough” scroll across the images. There is also dramatic music playing. The video adds text stating that marijuana will be up for vote in November and writes, “Arkansas doesn’t need another drug problem,” which directly insinuates that the images they displayed are related to marijuana. The video continues with more images of crowded homeless camps and text saying a “2017 study of over 30,000 American adults showed that many users were more than twice as likely to move on to prescription opioids.” Huckabee’s video then goes on to make claims of increased child suicide and increased traffic fatalities. The only source information they provide on where they got their information is the name of a state under some of the comments… as if that explains it. Next in the video, he looks directly into the camera and speaks multiple inaccuracies on marijuana. He starts off with claims that drug cartels will be the ones profiting from legalization. He says, ”There’s a lot of money to be made if the voters of Arkansas pass the recreational marijuana act. Unfortunately, you aren’t the one who is going to be making the money. Drug cartels will.” He also makes the baseless claim that legalizing marijuana results in more stoned employees. He said, “Every state that has passed recreational marijuana, they’ve seen an uptick in … workplace issues, where people show up for work stoned!” Mike Huckabee is also the father of Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She is currently running for Governor of Arkansas, and is also very opposed to cannabis legalization. When she was recently asked by reporters if she would support cannabis legalization, she put it in the same place as opioids. She answered them by saying, "I don't think that with the drug epidemic that we have across this state, frankly across the country, that adding and giving more access to that does anything to benefit Arkansas, so I certainly wouldn't be supportive of that.” Comments are closed.
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