In Iowa City stop, Hawaii presidential hopeful pitches legal marijuana, Medicare for all [View all]

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Gabbard, 37, was on a three-day visit to Iowa, her second time this year in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, looking to make her mark in a crowded field of contenders.

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Gabbard promoted a platform that includes Medicare for all, criminal justice reform, including ending federal prohibition of marijuana and discouraging privatized prisons. She delivered a strong anti-war, anti-intervention message for “ending regime-change wars.”

“Stop throwing people in prison for smoking a joint and instead go after those like Purdue Pharma who are proliferating their opioids on our streets and taking people’s lives,” she said.

The Hawaiian National Guard veteran, who was deployed twice to the Middle East, also has served in the Hawaii Legislature and the Honolulu City Council.

This brief article highlights some of the policy positions Rep. Gabbard holds that I believe make her a sensible and viable candidate.

She is one of many strong and remarkable Democratic candidates currently running, good candidates to defeat Trump in 2020.