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Uncle Joe

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3. She is also a Congresswoman representing Florida's 23rd Congressional District
Sat Aug 29, 2015, 07:40 PM
Aug 2015

as such she also opposes easing travel restrictions to Cuba.

P.S. She also opposed a medical Marijuana Amendment in Florida despite a majority of Florida residents support.



Wasserman Schultz vigorously opposed a 2014 medical marijuana amendment in Florida that narrowly failed to reach the 60% of votes in favour needed to amend the Constitution of Florida. She angered medical marijuana activists and major Democratic donors over this and her comparisons of medical marijuana dispensaries to "pill mills", which over-prescribe and over-dispense painkillers to patients with dubious symptoms.[26] After Wasserman Schultz expressed interest in running for the United States Senate in the 2016 elections, medical marijuana activists vowed to thwart her ambitions. Attorney and donor John Morgan said that her position on medical marijuana "disqualifies her from the [Democratic Senate] nomination... Her position denies terminally ill and chronically ill people compassion."[26]

In response, in February 2015, Wasserman Schultz's staff emailed Morgan, offering for to change her position on medical marijuana if Morgan would stop criticising her. Morgan declined her offer and released the emails to Politico, calling her a "bully".[27] Wasserman Schultz at first declined to comment,[27] then denied that her office had even sent the emails.[28] Morgan responded: "What Debbie leaves out in her pushback was the crystal clear message that her potential support of the new amendment [that has been proposed for the ballot in 2016] was predicated upon me withdrawing my comments to Politico. I don't know how to view that as anything but an offer of a quid pro quo."[28]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz

At the risk of dating myself: Fawke Em Aug 2015 #1
What is her main malfunction? left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #7
but she does such a good job of looking intense on television Puzzledtraveller Aug 2015 #17
She is head of the Democratic National Committee underthematrix Aug 2015 #2
She is also a Congresswoman representing Florida's 23rd Congressional District Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #3
Yep. She's special and not in a good way. No love for her in the AA community. underthematrix Aug 2015 #18
So, she's going against Obama on this one? Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #4
Pass me some of that! Hydra Aug 2015 #9
Butter? Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #10
*Offers a salt shaker* Yes, please! Hydra Aug 2015 #11
LOL! Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #12
Yum... L0oniX Aug 2015 #15
So long as she is the chair of the DNC, BlueMTexpat Aug 2015 #5
So long as she is the chair of the DNC, BlueMTexpat Aug 2015 #5
Schultz has got to go. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #8
She's a turn-coat, incompetent HACK... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #13
uh, wtf? progressoid Aug 2015 #14
Clean up on aisle GD-P. L0oniX Aug 2015 #16
"However, they went around her. James Zogby, co-chair of the Resolutions Committee, led a move to Cha Aug 2015 #19
Thanks Cha, you didn't really have to give me any credit though still_one Aug 2015 #20
Yes, I did.. I always do the hattip thing.. thanks again. It made me feel so much Cha Aug 2015 #22
Sabotage of current Administration mylye2222 Aug 2015 #21
No, that's ridiculous.. Hillary is for the Iran Deal.. she supports Obama on this.. DWS seems to Cha Aug 2015 #23
Hillary supports the deal, no contesting it. mylye2222 Aug 2015 #24
Whatever then.. DWS has nothing to do with Hillary on this.. however you choose to spin it. Cha Aug 2015 #25
Herself no. I agree. mylye2222 Aug 2015 #26
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