A lot of things were decided in America on November 8 — and the legendary stoner entertainment duo Cheech & Chong were paying attention. Back in May the excellent Hawaii-based media resource Civil Beat interviewed the pair (see below), who talked about pot and politics. (They encouraged Donald Trump to “build a mall.”) Later in the voting booths, some things went Cheech & Chong’s way and some things didn’t.
Ignorance and fear is a disease that can and will be cured with knowledge and love. It will take time but time is all we have.
— Tommy Chong (@tommychong) November 16, 2016
Voters in California, Nevada and Massachusetts voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in their states, with four more — Arkansas, Montana, Florida and North Dakota — approving pot for medical use. But Americans failed what Cheech & Chong called an “aptitude test for the American public.” That’s how Tommy Chong described the candidacy of Donald Trump — and the American public failed the test. “If Trump had an ounce of Cheech & Chong in him, he’d see the humor in what he’s doing,” Chong said back in May. It’s not funny now.
