I think we should decriminalize marijuana period.
>> You feel like marijuana should be legalized in the United States?
>> Yeah, I think it's a terrible crime to put people in jail for pot.
>> As president, I will work to reform the criminal justice system,
decriminalize marijuana.
>> Justice begins when the war on drugs ends.
>> Yeah so despite what you hear Rand Paul and
President Joe Biden say in those clips, none of that actually ended up
happening and it is unlikely to happen for a long, long time.
Why do we know this?
Well, because cannabis reform is dead in Congress and
has no hope of resurrection anytime soon.
>> Yeah, of course.
Look, politicians are liars and you would all know that with absolute certainty of
mainstream media didn't cover for them.
So we told you Biden said he was going to look into basically taking marijuana not
only descheduling it or rescheduling it, but perhaps making it legal period.
And I was like, Joe Biden, the war on drugs warrior.
No, he's just doing it for the votes and the PR, he's not gonna actually do it.
And Rand Paul is gonna get the Republicans to do it?
No, of course not.
There was one part of a bill that could pass, and
that was the part that would help banks.
And that's where some of the Republicans were like, wait a minute,
turning the cash that you get at marijuana and being able to put it into a bank so
the bank can make money off it, that sounds interesting.
So, I thought maybe that one could pass but even that didn't pass.
Now, they're not gonna do anything cuz they're all corrupt,
all ancient, like their average age in the Senate is like 98 or 212, okay.
So they're like, sounds scary into drugs.
>> Yes, so let's give you the details on what's going on Cenk.
So, a few months ago we gave Biden some credit because he at least did something
about people who are serving time in prison on marijuana possession charges
federally, right?
So he did something about that and we gave him credit for that.
Now, Congress will not be including any cannabis provision in its year end
spending package dooming any chance of reforming marijuana laws for
the foreseeable future.
The House had passed a bill legalizing marijuana nationwide earlier this year,
but it stalled in the Senate due to opposition from Republicans and yes,
some Democrats as well.
But now here's the update.
Not only will Congress fail to legalize marijuana this year,
lawmakers couldn't even agree to include a modest anti-crime cannabis reform as
part of its $1.7 trillion government funding bill set to pass this week.
So instead of trying to pursue a standalone bill on this,
they tried to attach it to the funding bill that didn't come to fruition.
And it's a problem because what the proposal would do is it
would allow for states that have legalized marijuana for
their dispensaries to be able to engage in banking through their business.
And that's really important to do, and it does reduce crime because if they're
not able to do business through regular channels to regular banks,
they end up doing business through cash.
And the reason why the banks don't wanna do business with them is because
on a federal level, marijuana is still deemed illegal,
it's still deemed to schedule one drug, banks don't wanna mess with that.
They don't wanna get in trouble sometime down the line,
if they do business with these dispensaries.
And so these dispensaries end up doing business in cash.
And what do you think that attracts?
Criminals who are looking to come up on some cash, right?
So it's just disastrous in so many different ways, but
this is how politics works, you've got Republicans blocking it.
They just took control of the House.
So, since this provision isn't gonna be attached to the spending bill, and
since there's no stand alone legislation, it's not gonna happen.
>> Yeah, so the House passed it when it was controlled by the democrats.
>> Exactly. >> But it was always a trick guys.
So Pelosi and Biden do it for PR reasons, but they know the Senate's gonna kill it.
How do they know the Senate's gonna kill it?
Not only because the filibuster and all that stuff, but
because they already know that a lot of Democratic senators also don't wana do it.
So the whole thing is just a play meant to deceive you and
the media goes along with it.
They'll do put out articles about,
the House passes historic marijuana legalization.
So is it legal?
No, the Senate will later block it.
But we're giving them PR credit here, even though it's an obvious trick.
So liars, all of them, bunch of Democrats voted against us in the Senate.
Of course, I'll tell you this story.
I'll make a prediction ahead of time.
The part that involves the money that eventually will pass and
it doesn't matter if Republicans or Democrats in charge cuz the banks wanted.
So there's two problems with the cash.
One is it creates crime as Ana explained,
the other is why don't you allow them to be like anybody else and
put their money in a bank instead of saying here, come, rob me, right?
Cuz I can't, everybody knows I can't put it in the bank.
But the banks want the money too.
So once the banks want the money, that part and only that part will pass, but it
will remain illegal so that everybody else could keep making money from the different
corrupt industries that are set up to make money by blocking marijuana legalization.
>> There are far more entities making money
off the federal prohibition of marijuana.
Then there are banks that would make money off of legalizing it on a federal level.
Then that's really what's taking place here and
the politicians lie to you, right?
So, the Republican senators who are against this proposal,
including Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley and John Cornyn say,
no, this is actually really dangerous.
It's actually a much better idea to have medical marijuana dispensaries or
marijuana dispensaries that sell legally recreational pot do business in
cash where they attract criminals.
That's far better.
That's the argument that they're making.
Here's Senator John Cornyn's tweet on this.
He says, it is irresponsible to do this without a federal regulatory
framework to address public health and law enforcement issues.
What?
Senators take an oath to uphold the law, not ignore it.
What does that even mean?
>> So now all of a sudden Republicans want more regulations.
They want a federal regulatory framework?
No, that's just a way of saying, no drugs barn, me get paid by people who
are against marijuana and make money from other industries.
Get that out of here, man.
So by the way, if you're watching mainstream media, you might be going, but
what could the poor Democrats and Joe Biden do?
Every MSNBC host told me that they're impotent and can't do anything and
that's why you should celebrate them.
How about Biden says, hey, listen, I made a campaign promise.
Now these son of bitch democratic senators are standing in my way.
So you should all know the next time a family member gets arrested for
no goddamn reason, it was their fault.
But he would never have the courage to do that, nor the inclination,
cuz he doesn't actually want any change at all.