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If Biden Got Marijuana Legalized.
Sometimes it’s fun to discuss hypotheticals.
As many have noticed, Biden’s certainly enjoyed a bump in the polls in recent weeks following his passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the media lionizing the legislation as the most money ever spent on combatting climate change in the nation’s history. While there were good aspects of the bill that overall left much to be desired, the bump immediately following its passage leaves us on the left fighting the urge to say “we told you so”.
Morgan Chalfant with The Hill writes:
“President Biden’s approval rating rose to 44 percent during the month of August in a new Gallup poll, the latest sign of the president recovering some ground amid a series of legislative wins and a steady decline in gasoline prices.
According to the Gallup poll out Thursday, 44 percent of U.S. adults approve of Biden’s handling of his job as president, a clear improvement after his presidential approval rating hit a record low of 38 percent in July.
While less than the 57 percent approval he enjoyed upon taking office, according to Gallup, Biden’s current approval rating is his highest in a year. He last registered a result higher than this in August 2021, when 49 percent of respondents said they approved of the job he was doing as…
