Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) suggested that it was inappropriate for lawmakers to make light of marijuana use when some in society face legal repercussions for similar actions. (Alex Brandon/AP)Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) appeared to take a swipe at two of his fellow 2020 presidential hopefuls during an MSNBC interview Monday night in which he criticized “senators bragging about their pot use.”Booker did not mention anyone by name during the “Hardball” interview with host Chris Matthews. “We have presidential candidates — senators — bragging about their pot use while there are kids who can’t get a job because they have a nonviolent offense,” Booker said. And I did inhale.”Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), another 2020 candidate, has also recently spoken about having used marijuana, although his comments were not as widely reported as Harris’s. Booker’s remarks in the MSNBC interview come one day after he made a similar statement during a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2019 02:03 UTC