OP shows colors and makes this political, when it's just one of 100 Senators making a statement. A stupid one, but one of no import. In what world is Durbin the "head Democrat"? He's not the Minority Leader or President of the DNC, and he doesn't even chair a comitee.
I can't believe that so many of you are blind to the fact that the Republican party has always been the voice of banning things. The Drug Control Act of 1970 comes to mind. Remind me, who was the President at the time, and why did he lobby Congress so hard for the bill and get on TV to declare a "War On Drugs"? A war that drugs are still winning.
It was a Democratic administration that slow walked this whole thing. Then a new (very anti-vaping) President appoints, not one, but two FDA Directors that have made anti-vaping statements, and even written anti-vaping articles. BTW, did you check out yesterday's op-ed in the Washington Post by our current FDA director? A must read, believe me. He must be a closet Democrat, right? Maybe even the Head Closet Democrat.
Since vaping has now been deemed a tobacco product, the FDA has no authority at all to ban it. It is the law that no tobacco products can be banned.
For the record, I am a registered independent. I usually vote for candidates from the Libertarian Party, or occasionally a Democrat. Never a Republican. Among other things, they like to ban stuff (Democrats would rather tax something than ban it, as a general rule). Many of them also want to impose Sharia law on us, only under a different name.
