I swear, between him and Rubio, pendejo is just not a strong enough word, which is why I’ve started using comemiedra for both of them.

This is not the Onion. LA Times reports that marijuana sales in CA are much lower than expected…because over-regulation makes it so incredibly hard to start a small business. Perhaps, a pro-economic liberty movement blossoming on the West Coast? https://t.co/ITA0CIFuRT

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 27, 2018

Let’s ignore the fact that it’s still completely illegal to buy or sell weed in Texas. Or as the SF Chronicle points out, the invisible hand of the market has something to do with it:

When all the charges are added up, including cultivation taxes, they amount to about 40 percent of the cost of the goods, merchants say. Meanwhile, the wholesale price for marijuana has dropped over the past year, from around $2,000 a pound to about $500, further reducing profits.