The governor of Connecticut is jamming to a brand new nation track about all the great issues about his state, together with the truth that it’s “cool to smoke some pot” since he signed an adult-use legalization invoice into regulation.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) shared a clip of the track, “First Ever Connecticut Nation Tune” by Rusty Gear, that’s mainly a jingle for the Structure State. However the hashish point out drew the ire of the governor’s Republican opponent within the upcoming November election, Bob Stefanowski.
“Connecticut has every little thing!” Lamont mentioned on Twitter, rattling off an inventory that features seashores, mountains, breweries and nation music (however not paying attention to the track’s outstanding marijuana point out, although it was included within the brief track clip excerpted in his tweet). “Sure, you learn that proper. We’ve got nation music, like this toe-tapping observe about our nice state.”
Connecticut has every little thing!
The nation’s finest pizza
Lobster rolls
School basketball
Seashores
Mountains
Rivers
Nice breweries#CTgrown produce
Nation musicSure, you learn that proper. We’ve got nation music, like this toe-tapping observe about our nice state. pic.twitter.com/5UKiYxVsKd
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) June 5, 2022
Listed here are the lyrics of the clip the governor shared:
“Again residence we thank the governor for the blessings that we obtained.
We will gamble on the web, and it’s cool to smoke some pot.
So y’all come go to my state and thoughts your etiquette.
I assure you’ll be welcome in Connecticut.”
The track additionally takes observe of 1 different state’s hashish regulation, saying that “getting excessive in Colorado is the Rocky Mountain method.”
Lamont, who has been championing hashish reform all through his tenure as governor, signed legalization into regulation about this time final yr. Earlier than signing the invoice, he was requested if he’d partake himself when it was authorized—and he didn’t rule it out, saying “not proper now, however we’ll see.”
However whereas the governor has made clear that he’s prepared to lean into hashish tradition, his GOP opponent on this election thinks the tacit endorsement of smoking marijuana reveals why he ought to exchange Lamont.
“This video can’t be actual – Can it @GovNedLamont?” Stefanowski mentioned. “Our governor shouldn’t be encouraging children to smoke marijuana as a result of Ned Lamont believes it’s ‘cool to smoke pot.’ If this doesn’t show we’d like a change in management I’m undecided what does!
This video can’t be actual – Can it @GovNedLamont? Our governor shouldn’t be encouraging children to smoke marijuana as a result of Ned Lamont believes it’s “cool to smoke pot.” If this doesn’t show we’d like a change in management I’m undecided what does! https://t.co/JDlK2Ucu1H
— Bob Stefanowski (@bobforgovernor) June 5, 2022
To be clear, the track Lamont shared doesn’t encourage underage hashish use. It simply acknowledges that the state made leisure use authorized for adults.
Additionally when he was working for governor in 2018, Stefanowski didn’t appear particularly closed-off to the thought of reforming, saying that “in some unspecified time in the future we must always take a look at legalizing marijuana…however we’ve obtained so many elementary issues on this state” to cope with first.
In the meantime, Lamont additionally signed a large-scale price range invoice final month that features provisions to set the state as much as present sure sufferers with entry to psychedelic-assisted therapy utilizing substances like MDMA and psilocybin.
Picture courtesy of Martin Alonso.