Local THC entrepreneur and self-proclaimed "constitutional conservative, MAGA Republican" Wyatt Larew expressed complete shock this week after discovering that his own political party had just voted to ban his entire business model, sources confirm.
Larew, co-founder of Wyatt Purp, a North Texas dispensary specializing in hemp-derived THC gummies, took to social media Tuesday to announce that after supporting Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and other Republicans, he could "say with absolute certainty" he will "never vote R ever again." The declaration came mere hours after learning that the Republican-controlled Congress had included language in a government spending bill that would effectively criminalize every product his company currently manufactures.
According to Larew, the federal ban sets a limit of 0.4 milligrams of total THC per package, rendering his popular 10-milligram delta-9 gummies catastrophically illegal. Industry observers noted the irony that Larew appeared genuinely surprised that a political movement built on criminalizing drugs had ultimately criminalized his drugs.
The entrepreneur, who previously described his mission as "put on Earth by God" to share cannabis with the world, reportedly spent much of 2025 lobbying against Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick's crusade to ban THC products at the state level. Those efforts proved successful when Governor Greg Abbott vetoed the state ban. Larew celebrated that victory as evidence that reasonable Republicans understood the hemp industry's value.
Congressional Republicans, however, demonstrated no such understanding, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell personally inserting the hemp ban provision into the continuing resolution to end the federal government shutdown. Lieutenant Governor Patrick, whom Larew previously supported, immediately praised the federal ban on social media, writing that it would "save a generation from getting hooked on dangerous drugs."
When asked about his backup plan, Larew told reporters he might "just leave the United States" and "move to Spain and start a cannabis company there," a contingency that experts say would have been significantly easier to execute before voting for politicians who promised to crack down on immigration and international business regulations.
