As speculation mounts about potential alternatives to President Joe Biden on the Democratic presidential ticket, the governor of Kentucky has responded to reports about his own potential candidacy and was quick to promote his work with the administration on marijuana reform.
Gov. Andy Beshear (D) spoke to CNN on Tuesday about rumors that he’s being eyed as a potential running mate if Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the party’s presidential nominee. While he largely waved off the speculation, he said he’s been “happy to work with her on a number of initiatives, including decriminalizing marijuana.”
The cannabis comment was the governor’s first policy-related response to the question about the potential nominee shakeup, which follows the first presidential debate between Biden and former President Donald Trump in which the incumbent drastically underperformed.
“Who would have ever thought on their bingo card you’d end up with the vice president, the governor of Kentucky and Fat Joe at an event in the White House pushing for something that needs to happen?” Beshear said, referencing a roundtable he participated in with Harris and the rapper in March to hear from federal marijuana pardon recipients.
While the governor touted work on “decriminalizing” marijuana in the
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