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02-12-2016, 11:11 AM
GOP and Democrat Congressmen hold joint fundraiser for marijuana
By Joe Garofoli | February 11, 2016
Perhaps only one thing could bring a Democratic and a Republican congressman together to headline a $1,000-a-person fundraiser in San Francisco: weed.
Orange County Republican Dana Rohrabacher and Portland, Ore., Democrat Earl Blumenauer are holding a — wait for it — joint fundraiser Friday in San Francisco. So far, 30 people have signed up and organizers say roughly an equal amount of money is going to each representative.
“It is a weird picture in people’s eyes,” Rohrabacher conceded. “But this isn’t a partisan issue.”
It’s not really about the money since both men hold safe seats. Still, their union is extraordinary because Rohrabacher and Blumenauer come from opposite ends of the partisan spectrum. Rohrabacher, a puka shell necklace-wearing surfer, was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the inspiration behind California’s anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187 in 1994. Blumenauer, a bow tie-wearing beacon of Portlandia liberalism and environmentalism, first voted to decriminalize marijuana as a state legislator in 1973.
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By Joe Garofoli | February 11, 2016
Perhaps only one thing could bring a Democratic and a Republican congressman together to headline a $1,000-a-person fundraiser in San Francisco: weed.
Orange County Republican Dana Rohrabacher and Portland, Ore., Democrat Earl Blumenauer are holding a — wait for it — joint fundraiser Friday in San Francisco. So far, 30 people have signed up and organizers say roughly an equal amount of money is going to each representative.
“It is a weird picture in people’s eyes,” Rohrabacher conceded. “But this isn’t a partisan issue.”
It’s not really about the money since both men hold safe seats. Still, their union is extraordinary because Rohrabacher and Blumenauer come from opposite ends of the partisan spectrum. Rohrabacher, a puka shell necklace-wearing surfer, was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and the inspiration behind California’s anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187 in 1994. Blumenauer, a bow tie-wearing beacon of Portlandia liberalism and environmentalism, first voted to decriminalize marijuana as a state legislator in 1973.
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More:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/GOP-and-Democrat-Congressman-hold-joint-6824932.php?t=b510ba2e9500af33be&cmpid=twitter-premium