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Fact check: the viral 8-second cannabis clip vs. the full 40-second answer

Quorly Fact Check DeskEvent: Mar 8, 2026Published: Mar 11, 202688K views · 760 comments

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0:20

Narrator: The viral clip ends here — at 'we will not…'. The full sentence continues: '…rush the sequencing; the cannabis bill will get its floor time this session.'

1:50

Narrator: Verdict: the social clip begins and ends mid-statement. Context meter: heavily edited.

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A social clip cut the Majority Leader's answer mid-sentence to suggest he ruled out any cannabis floor vote. The full recording shows the opposite: he committed to floor time this session while declining to commit on the trading ban. Side-by-side comparison with both timecodes.

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