Texas Lt. Governor Blows Up At Gov. Greg Abbott Over THC Ban Veto
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“I’m not having a bad day,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said after the governor, a fellow Republican, vetoed the bill. “Texas is having a bad day.”
A bill to ban THC products in Texas has put Gov. Greg Abbott and his longtime lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, at odds — a relatively rare disagreement between the two Republican leaders.
Patrick sharply criticized Abbott on social media and at a press conference on Monday after the governor vetoed the bill late Sunday night.
Senate Bill 3 aimed to ban consumable hemp products that contain THC. Though marijuana is illegal in Texas except for medical use, a law legalizing consumable hemp products led to an explosion in the market for edibles, gummies and more containing the psychoactive compound that is also found in the cannabis plant.
“It puzzles me why my friend Greg Abbott would, at the last minute, at about 22 minutes after 11, decide to veto this bill,” Patrick said at the news conference Monday.
The night before, Patrick took to social media, expanding on the idea that THC products destroy lives.
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