A few weeks ago, Big Marijuana took a thrashing from arguably the most powerful Senate party leader in recent history, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. In his floor remarks on the America COMPETES Act, a bill to help the United States become more competitive in response to China’s growing power, McConnell threw down the gauntlet on a marijuana banking provision tucked into the bill.

“China has been steadily building up its military and economic might, and the Democrats’ answer is to help Americans get high?” he argued.