Democrats had a good election night on Tuesday, and they won just about every key contest. In Ohio, there was issues one and two, very generic names, but meaning a lot. Democrats won majorities in both chambers in Virginia, still leaving now the governor there on his own. [00:00:16] And also they won the Supreme Court seat in Pennsylvania. More big news. Also, Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir, he also won his race. And although the governor candidate down in Mississippi for the Democratic side had lost, it was much different and closer than people maybe would have expected. [00:00:34] So since I started talking about issues one and two in Ohio, let's go in backwards order and talk about issue two first, I believe is the one. We'll start with this win about marijuana possession and growing even in the state of Ohio. Let's go here. [00:00:49] Look at that map. So Ohio voted to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana. 57% of the folks who voted did so, I think that's pretty determined fact there. So what happens now, now that they voted this way? We'll see. Let's go to these details here from the Hill. [00:01:06] This measure, which is known as issue two, would allow adults aged 21 and older to possess up to two and a half ounces of marijuana and grow up to six marijuana plants at home. Not sure how the monitoring process will be with that. It also establishes a 10% tax on marijuana sales. [00:01:22] And this comes after the state legalized medical marijuana years prior in 2016. But legalization in Ohio is not guaranteed. Even though the measure passed since it was a citizen initiated measure, state law will allow the legislator to modify or repeal it. [00:01:39] So since citizens, those folks who are elected, are supposed to represent, since they initiated this entire process, they don't have the final say. I guess this is how America works. So many Republicans also in the legislature, and Governor Mike DeWine, [00:01:54] they expressed opposition to that legalization ofcourse. So that whole fight has to find its way into, hopefully, the news and the way people will talk about it. And actually understand how ridiculous it is that they're gonna put some time and energy into undoing what the people of Ohio voted for. [00:02:09] So just a pause there, because there's lots going on. I want your first thoughts on the marijuana legalization out there, cuz this is one of those things we just talked about a minute ago, Trey, off air. And how many of these races and these results, I think, have a lot to do with the type of folks that are voting now. [00:02:24] And maybe the folks who are in office or in power don't realize it. What are your thoughts? >> Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're onto something there. I mean, I feel like the opposition to the marijuana legalization thing has been dwindling for a while. From my perspective, you don't really see much, like, reefer madness stuff anymore, [00:02:42] and rightfully so, cuz I feel like at this point, even, like old mammals have realized that it's not that bad. It's not exactly bath salts or whatnot, but there's still been opposition to it with lobbyists and whatnot, cuz I know, like, law enforcement lobbies and prisons and stuff like that. [00:02:59] They stand to gain a lot by keeping marijuana illegal, which is one of the primary reasons it should be legalized. It's not just so people can get stoned and think about the moon or whatever. I mean, I'm for that, too, but we just don't need to be locking people up or jamming up the works of the justice system for weed stuff anymore. [00:03:18] And I feel like people are generally coming around to that. But the important part that you pointed out is I mean, this is Ohio. The legislature there, they've demonstrated already that they have a pretty low opinion of democracy or the will of the people. They tried to get the people to vote against their own ability [00:03:36] to have voting power a few months ago. They tried to limit the power of democracy in their state already. I fully expect them to do whatever they can to just ignore the will of the people they ostensibly represent and try to mess this whole thing up anyway. [00:03:52] Cuz that's just chapter one of their playbook, so we'll see how it plays out. But I'm proud of the people of Ohio, though. >> Speaker 1: It shows, at least cuz I always talk about how we overestimate the general intelligence and knowledge of American people because they get duped and [00:04:07] fooled into so many different thoughts that aren't real. But at least this is hopeful, at least as people seeing through a lot of the weeds and things, ironically, that the smokestreams they put in front of people's faces about the reality of things and how they are. I think in states like know, Nevada, wherever else, [00:04:24] it's been legalized already. It doesn't have to be right next door, but people understand it. We're much more. Our societies know each other more than we used to. Those barriers have been broken down with the Internet. So people may understand in Ohio and see neighboring states or states that aren't too far with legalization and go, so wait, [00:04:40] what's wrong with this not being here again? Like, the narrative changes because we see how it hasn't destroyed the states that actually already have it. Next step, though, here in Ohio was also issue one. Maybe it should be called issue one because it was a little bit more important than the previous, but this was about abortion and [00:04:57] access to that right as well, too. And that also won in the state as well, too. Look, 56.6% said yes on overturning this law that they put forward that was right after Roe v Wade was passed by the supreme or overturned by the Supreme Court. [00:05:13] And led them to then put forward their heartbeat bills and all that. More details from the Associated Press on that cuz now that it's passed. The passage of issue one undoes that 2019 state law passed by Republicans that bans most abortions after around six weeks into pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape and [00:05:29] incest. That law, also referred to as the Heartbeat bill, is being held up in court, and it was one of roughly two dozen restrictions on abortion that the Ohio Legislature had passed in recent years. Again, I don't know if the folks who are part of this thing that just got overturned because the voters don't want your garbage. [00:05:46] If they're understanding, they may begin to relate that to you and understand that you represent them. I don't know if they're gonna figure that part out yet. [MUSIC]