Joe Gruters fact-checks recreational pot critics in new statewide ad
A new campaign ad promoting a recreational marijuana amendment fact-checks critics — and does so with a Republican leader’s voice.
Sen. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, looks to the camera in “Blowing Smoke,” a 30-second ad from the Smart & Safe Florida Campaign. The former Republican Party of Florida Chair takes on a number of accusations, many of them made by Gov. Ron DeSantis, about what Amendment 3 would mean for Florida if it passes.
“I led the fight to ban smoking on Florida’s public beaches,” Gruters says, “so trust me, these attacks about Amendment 3 are just blowing smoke.”
Gruters spent years on legislation that ultimately authorized local governments to regulate cigarette smoki...
