'Si': In Puerto Rico, Bernie Sanders Vows To Legalize Marijuana
Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders takes his political revolution to Puerto Rico, promising in Spanish to legalize marijuana if elected president.
“Would you legalize marijuana?” one person asked in Spanish, before repeating the question in English.
“Si,” he said, and joked.“You see, my Spanish is good enough to know that word.”
He said he thinks it’s unfair that so many people have drug crimes on their record, making it harder for them to get jobs.
Sanders cited congressional legislation he introduced that would take marijuana off of the list of substances under the Federal Controlled Substance Act.
“We’ve got marijuana and heroin together, that’s pretty crazy to my mind,” he said.
Earlier in the event, Sanders spoke Spanish with his heavy Brooklyn accent to explain that the majority of his speech would be in English.
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