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

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    5 months ago

    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.

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

      At least on paper.

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      5 months ago

      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?

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        5 months ago

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

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      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?”