Cynthia Nixon is running for governor of New York and she just announced she wants to legalize pot. The actress and activist is challenging incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who opposes marijuana legalization.
“She said that if marijuana is legal, we can tax it and make a lot of money from that,” author Julie Klam told The New York Times. Klam, an author, says Nixon made her remarks at a small fundraiser last week. The New York Times first reported the comments.
Nixon would “legalize marijuana and put a tax on it,” added Isabel Giles, who hosted the fundraiser.
When asked specifically if she would legalize marijuana, Nixon “pumped her fist and said yes,” editor and writer Dan Davenport said. “She was very exuberant about that point.”
Nixon “has never held office or managed a large organization, although she has been an education activist in New York for more than a decade,” The Times notes.
Cuomo, who is not well-liked in New York, has called pot a “gateway drug,” and said: “As of this date, I am unconvinced on recreational marijuana.”