Democratic Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who is competing with Republican celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in the state's 2022 U.S. Senate race, has made no secret of his view that marijuana should be fully legalized nationwide for consenting adults. When Republican strategist and former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News on Monday night, September 26, she attacked Fetterman's pro-marijuana views while emphasizing that Pennsylvania has a severe opioid crisis. And following that interview, Conway has been brutally mocked on Twitter for conflating marijuana use with fentanyl.
Conway said of Fetterman, "He put the marijuana flag up. He thought that was funny. He's trolling his opponent. He thinks that's funny. Here's what's not funny: that there's been a doubling of overdose deaths in Pennsylvania while he's been in office from 2015 to 2021. Fentanyl is rankling every corner of this state."
