GOP State Rep. Filmed Pouring Water Into Colleague's Bag Multiple Times
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Vermont state Rep. Mary Morrissey apologized for her actions towards a Democratic colleague and said she couldn't explain why she did it.
A Republican lawmaker in Vermont apologized on Tuesday for pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag on multiple occasions.
“I am truly ashamed for my actions,” Vermont state Rep. Mary Morrissey (R) said at a House veto session Monday. “It was conduct most unbecoming of my position as a representative and as a human being, and is not reflective of my 28 years of service and civility.”
Fellow state Rep. Jim Carroll (D), the object of Morrissey’s ire, said she’d soaked his bag for five months. “It was torment, there’s no doubt about it,” he said on the floor, following Morrisey’s apology.
The incident started after Carroll became curious as to how a bag he hung outside of a meeting room kept getting soaked, despite not being near a source of water.
Carroll eventually concluded someone was targeting him, but officials couldn’t do anything without evidence, so he placed a video camera toward the coatrack where he held his bag, local outlet Seven Days reported.