Senate GOP Tweets And Then Deletes Criticism Of Marijuana Banking Provision In House COVID Bill

The Senate Republican Conference (SRC) tweeted—and then promptly deleted—a post on Tuesday that characterized a marijuana banking provision of a new coronavirus relief bill filed by House leadership as a “political-pipe-dream.” Shortly after the House unveiled its COVID-19 legislation, which included language that would protect banks from being penalized by federal regulators for working with cannabis businesses, the SRC account began listing items in the legislation that it said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had inserted that were not germane. “THIS is what trying to take advantage of a crisis looks like. Here are some items Speaker Pelosi decided to include in her political-pipe-dream of a bill,” SRC said. We're reading the full text to save you some time. Here are some items Speaker Pelosi decided to include in her political-pipe-dream of a bill ↓↓THREAD↓↓ — Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) May 12, 2020 Originally included in Senate GOP’s call-out list was the provisions of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act—a standalone bill that passed the full House along largely bipartisan lines last year and is sponsored on the Senate side by Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). After it was pointed by Marijuana Moment’s publisher that Gardner, who is among the most vulnerable GOP senators heading into the November election, is a chief advocate for the legislation, the Republican organization promptly deleted it from the thread, but not before a screenshot was captured. Paging @CoryGardner. Your party no longer cares about your reelection bid. https://t.co/VSfNB5mUGc — Tom Angell ⓥ…

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