REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DAVE REICHERT wasted time earlier this year trying to solve a pot-related problem that doesnt exist.

  • JARED BOGGESS
  • REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN DAVE REICHERT wasted time earlier this year trying to solve a pot-related problem that doesn’t exist.

Republican Dave Reichert is a tool of the Tea Party. He voted to repeal Obamacare and supported the disastrous government shutdown stunt. Recently, he introduced conservative dog-whistle legislation to prohibit something that’s already illegal: using welfare money to buy weed at a legal pot shop. Reichert must go. His Democratic challenger, badass do-gooder Jason Ritchie, works for a company that builds ramps for disabled people. He picked up a measly 29 percent of the vote in the August primary, but he’s still hoping to flip this district—which isn’t all insane right-wingers. Vote Ritchie!

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