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Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months (www.theguardian.com)

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Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 5 months ago (5 children)

The Republican representative, Mary Morrissey, 67, confessed to dumping water in the bag

Just to make it crystal clear that this woman is, in fact, an adult.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

Just to make it crystal clear that this woman is, in fact, an adult.

At least on paper.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Isn't there a requirement for mental sanity among elected officials? (in the medical sense) Because can't this easily be constructed as a sure sign that she suffers from dementia? Or well, her colleagues do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Huge leap there buddy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Also I don't think there is such a requirement, since most of them have an imaginary friend.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

You can be petty as fuck without having dementia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

it's nearly gone back around at this point into "grandma's been on one recently, do you still have any of that xanax?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In the same sense that an 18 year old highschooler is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Except most highschoolers aren't bigoted fascist cockroaches.