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<v Speaker 1>Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle,

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<v Speaker 1>will talk a little NBA Finals here at the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>of the hour, but right now it's time for this.

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<v Speaker 3>And now it's time for Benson's weekday up Day, featuring

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<v Speaker 3>veteran news anchor ktth On tweets. Here are the important

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<v Speaker 3>stories he's currently tracking from around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Here Kevin's not here today.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm Senate Bill three, and I would like to ban

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<v Speaker 4>the possession, sale, and manufacture of all THC products miss

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<v Speaker 4>Picky Babe.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry, that was dumb. That was really good.

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<v Speaker 4>This would also include Delta eight THHC, which Texas lawmakers

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<v Speaker 4>in twenty nineteen were like, hey, fine, yeah, we can

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<v Speaker 4>have it.

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<v Speaker 2>They legalized it then. So last night was the deadline.

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<v Speaker 4>Governor Greg Abbott's got all these bills standing on his desk.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's reading them, and he's been getting letters.

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<v Speaker 4>From all kinds of people, and he said, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 4>call here, you can get up to that midnight deadline,

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<v Speaker 4>and he decided to veto the THCHC ban bill. So

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<v Speaker 4>for now, this multi billion dollar hemp you know, industry

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<v Speaker 4>gets to survive another day. Fifty five thousand jobs saved.

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<v Speaker 2>For now. Christine's in their clapping, It's like, hell yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, saving jobs, saving job, more jobs in this economy,

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<v Speaker 4>let's go. This also will benefit military veterans, anyone who's

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<v Speaker 4>dealt with some traumatic stuff and they rely on these

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<v Speaker 4>THHC products, you know, to help them get through.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think this is one of the most fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>things that's happened in Texas politics in a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>I absolutely thought this was going to get banned.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know him, he's never really said anything about it,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that he stayed out of it is

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<v Speaker 1>an indication that, you know, he's not going along party

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<v Speaker 1>lines on this, and there are things to consider and

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<v Speaker 1>it is a complex issue. And you know, you guys

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<v Speaker 1>have heard me say this a million times on the air.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought weed and gambling would be legal in Texas

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<v Speaker 1>much sooner rather than later because of the economic impact.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, this is a very red state, and

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<v Speaker 1>for the most part, economics is what drives, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the red constituency. And we have this independent state that

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<v Speaker 1>operates autonomously for all these reasons, for business purposes.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is their unique area.

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<v Speaker 1>Where a lot of people want to put morality into

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<v Speaker 1>this sort of thing. And so the fact that Abbot

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<v Speaker 1>held out to the last minute and then vetoed it

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<v Speaker 1>and said, hey, we need to do a special session

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<v Speaker 1>in July, to me at least as an indication he's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not on board with this.

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<v Speaker 2>We are letting a part of our party.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm some strictly the red because this is Texas, man,

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<v Speaker 1>the moral part of the party. Ramrod something home that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of us don't necessarily believe in. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to talk through this and we're not just gonna let

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Patrick pound the table and get what he wants.

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<v Speaker 1>This is really unique that Abbot waited to do this

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<v Speaker 1>and did it the way that he did. Who's more

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<v Speaker 1>powerful of those two guys, That's a great question. It

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<v Speaker 1>really comes down to the money that's backing them, and

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<v Speaker 1>in a lot of cases, you know, it's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the same money that's backing them. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>KT had this article from Texas Monthly that he read

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<v Speaker 1>last week talking about and like, if you're family has

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<v Speaker 1>been from Texas for a long time, like mine has,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably have some Baptist roots in your family.

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<v Speaker 2>I do, and that's always had a.

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<v Speaker 1>Really strong foothold in the rural areas of Texas, and

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<v Speaker 1>so things like gambling and alcohol, Like, dude, remember Ben

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<v Speaker 1>when you couldn't buy out when we were junior, you

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't buy alcohol on Sundays.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And I you know, we've had friends who you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I never knew too much about it, but we have

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<v Speaker 5>had friends who are like practicing Baptists, and they'd be

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<v Speaker 5>like having to go over in the shadows to they

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<v Speaker 5>don't want to be seen drinking. They don't want to

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<v Speaker 5>see to be drinking publicly. But they did drink public

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<v Speaker 5>you know, they did drink.

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<v Speaker 1>If Uncle Johnny was out of family function, there was

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<v Speaker 1>no alcohol.

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<v Speaker 2>If Uncle Johnny wasn't there, the booze was flowing, baby.

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<v Speaker 1>And so my whole point is that, you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a strong part of the of the Red part of

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<v Speaker 1>our state is the old Baptist constituency, and they very

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<v Speaker 1>much are not against They're very not down with gambling,

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<v Speaker 1>not down with THC, not down with alcohol, and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of those things. And it's a political rub and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not one of those things. It's just cut and

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<v Speaker 1>dry that all Republicans believe the same on because there

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot of money. And also in general Red

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<v Speaker 1>states are very very pro military, and dude, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how many dudes I know that we're in

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<v Speaker 1>the military that smoke because yes, the stress, yes, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And so it's just there's new ways of thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>things that don't go along with the old guard. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I give kudos to Abbott for not just

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<v Speaker 1>rubber stamping this because he's because there's such a strong

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<v Speaker 1>part of his part and quiet the marijuana time because

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't agree with it, and We're in an era

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<v Speaker 1>when we were younger, people in the same political party

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<v Speaker 1>could disagree on stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>It was healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's how laws get made, it's how you find consensus.

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<v Speaker 1>Now everyone's scared to go against anybody in their own part.

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<v Speaker 4>But by the way, let me just say weed's not legal.

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<v Speaker 4>Hundreds of this conversation could lead your wrong way, do right.

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<v Speaker 4>Delta eight TC is just a it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 4>form of TAC that you can compound with CBD or

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<v Speaker 4>something else that's like less psychoactive.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's just that's important to say.

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<v Speaker 4>Like this, like weed's free now, but it's like those

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<v Speaker 4>drinks that we talk about, CBD gummies and things like that,

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<v Speaker 4>and a lot there's a lot of shops you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in places like that, so crazy stuff. Dude.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right. Coming up next, we'll catch up on sports.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk Game seven of the NBA Finals DFW. That's

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<v Speaker 2>coming up next