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Gary Chambers Jr. has raked in nearly $600,000 since announcing his bid for U.S. Senate in Louisiana last month, his campaign said in a statement Monday, according to Politico.
The average donation, according to the campaign, was $38, with most donors being service workers and educators.
Chambers’ long-shot bid to unseat Republican Sen. John Kennedy received national attention for his first ad, released Jan. 18, in which the North Baton Rouge native smokes from giant blunt to make a point about cannabis-related incarceration. “I hope this ad works to not only destigmatize the use of marijuana, but also forces a new conversation that creates the pathway to legalize this beneficial drug, and forgive those who were arrested due to outdated ideology,” Chambers wrote in a tweet accompanying the ad.
Under state law, those in possession of small amounts of marijuana in Louisiana can be fined up to $100 rather than be incarcerated, thanks to a decriminalization bill signed into law last year by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Blunt-Smoking, Confederate Flag-Burning Senate Candidate Is Raking in Big Money
Gary Chambers Jr., the blunt-smoking, Confederate flag-burning Louisiana Senate candidate has raised nearly $600,000 in a month.
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Love it! Especially because it is Louisiana. Bunch of backward ass country f's need to get into the present and out of the past. It really is bad in many parts of Louisiana.