Who?

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) — Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Fetterman

Ask a Pol asked:

President Donald Trump tapped Terrance Cole from Virginia as his DEA nominee. He’s been anti-cannabis his entire life. How will that impact rescheduling?

Key Fetterman:

“It’s undeniable that the legal weed movement have taken, have lost some steam over the last couple years,” Sen. John Fetterman exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “And that’s disappointing, because it’s not controversial to anyone other than the extreme fringes.”

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“I never judge anybody whatever they use or need to knock the edge off of life”

— Sen. John Fetterman

Caught our ear:

“We’re still struggling and dicking around, and we should just make legal weed,” Fetterman tells us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. John Fetterman

SCENE: Sen. John Fetterman’s heading back to his office across the street from the US Capitol via the Senate’s busy basement when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a cannabis chat.

Matt Laslo: “How are you sir?”

They’re at a distance…

ML: “You probably haven’t heard of him, but the new DEA pick from Trump is anti-marijuana. This guy, Terrance Cole, from Virginia. You think it’s good or bad to have someone that’s in charge of DEA and rescheduling…”

John Fetterman: “Well, I, am very, very pro legal weed. And anyone that knows even a germ about my record knows that I’m very pro legal weed. And, I…”

ML: “Are you worried, is it harder, though, because the DEA was trying to reschedule…”

JF: “Yeah, no, I mean, it’s undeniable that the legal weed movement have taken, have lost some steam over the last couple years.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JF: “And that’s disappointing, because it’s not controversial to anyone other than the extreme fringes. And I’ve, six years ago, literally right now, I would be in a room walking in Red and Blue County, literally, when I was LG [Lieutenant Governor], and Red County Pennsylvania said, ‘hey, we want legal weed, it’s not controversial’. So, here we are, six years later, I might be in the Senate but now we’re still struggling and dicking around and we should just make legal weed.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JF: “I mean, it’s legal here in DC. It’s anarchy, like…ahhh!”

Fetterman makes a screaming impression. Laslo laughs.

JF: “Things are — ‘s**t’s crazy,’ because, you know? So, that’s the point, it’s not a big deal.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JF: “If I could go walk in there and buy a gigantic, if I could buy a giant bottle of Jack, you know, somehow the world still. Same with Zin.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JF: “Same with Zin. It’s like, adults should have the right to consume, you know, all of these kind of products. I never judge anybody whatever they use or need to knock the edge off of life.”

ML: “The weed I grow, it’s taller than you and I, here in the District.”

Laslo and Fetterman laugh.

JF: “Yeah?”

ML: “Have a good one!”

Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.

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Who?

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) — Chair, House Freedom Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Harris

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you have any thoughts…

Key Harris:

“Marijuana’s harmful,” Rep. Andy Harris told Ask a Pol. “I’ll have a talk with RFK Jr. I mean, the bottom line is, we should make sure that we keep Americans healthy by limiting the use of marijuana.”

ICYMI — Laslo’s wire service, The LCB, first sold this to Marijuana Moment

Caught our ear:

What do you think of RFK Jr.’s stance on psychedelics — using them to treat PTSD and stuff like that?

“It might be possible. We may want to do some more research,” Harris said. “But we don’t want to do what DC did, which was make just them widely available.”

Below, you’ll find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Andy Harris

SCENE: Rep. Andy Harris is walking through one of the US House Office Buildings when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo approaches him and he instantly brings up RFK Jr. and cannabis…

Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you sir? Do you have any thoughts….”

Andy Harris: “Marijuana’s harmful…”

Laslo laughs.

AH: “….showed it — largest study ever. So we should definitely — I’ll have a talk with RFK Jr. I mean, the bottom line is, we should make sure that we keep Americans healthy by limiting the use of marijuana.”

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ML: “I was going to ask your thoughts on Gaza.”

Laslo laughs.

ML: “Do you — what do you think of his stance on psychedelics?”

AH: “On what?”

ML: “Psychedelics. Using them to treat PTSD and stuff like that.”

AH: “It might be possible. We may want to do some more research.”

ML: “Yeah?”

AH: “But we don’t want to do what DC did, which was make just them widely available, ya know?”

Harris enters elevator.

ML: “Yeah?”

Elevator doors close.

Nicolae Viorel Butler contributed to this report.

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