VP Harris Will Meet Rapper Fat Joe And Others Pardoned By Biden For Cannabis Convictions To Discuss Criminal Justice Reforms
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet rapper Fat Joe and several people pardoned by the Biden administration for marijuana-related convictions for a White House public discussion about criminal justice reform, reported Reuters. A five-time Grammy nominee, Fat Joe is a proponent of criminal justice reform.
The meeting comes as Harris is busily reaching out to people of color and young voters to get her boss (and herself) elected for a second term amid concerns that cannabis policy reform seems to have been put on the back burner as we head into what will likely be a tight election between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, now the only two contenders after Tuesday’s primary in Georgia.
Biden Brings Up Cannabis In SOTU
Biden mentioned cannabis reform in his State of the Union speech last Thursday when he reiterated his stance that no one should be incarcerated …