Never Trumper Leaves Pot Business to Challenge Trump in 2020

Note: Never Trumper Bill Weld, a former Massachusetts governor, is the only Republican to declare for the GOP presidential primary.

This is an official release from the marijuana business known as Acreage Holdings:

Acreage Announces Resignation of Board Member Bill Weld To Focus On Presidential Campaign

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acreage Holdings, Inc. (“Acreage”) (CSE: ACRG.U) (OTCQX: ACRGF) (FSE: 0VZ) today announced that Bill Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts and a 2020 Republican candidate for President of the United States, has resigned as a member of Acreage’s Board of Directors to focus on his political campaign.
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“I have greatly enjoyed working with CEO Kevin Murphy and the other members of the Board to help Acreage grow and work toward its mission of enabling access to legal cannabis for everyone who needs it, but I feel I owe it to my supporters and the country to focus on my Presidential candidacy at this time,” said Weld. “We thank Bill for his tremendous service to Acreage and wish him every success in the future,” said Acreage Chairman and CEO Kevin Murphy. “His contributions will be forever remembered well beyond the value he delivered to our company in helping to elevate the national dialogue on cannabis.”

Note: Other board members include John Boehner, former GOP House Speaker, and  Brian Mulroney, the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993 and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 and 1993.