A Vermont lawmaker was compelled to apologize publicly after being caught on video pouring water into her colleague’s work bag multiple times across several months.

The bizarre behavior is allegedly a part of a campaign of harassment that one legislator aimed at another who represents the same district in the Green Mountain state, independent outlet Seven Days first reported.

The Republican representative, Mary Morrissey, 67, confessed to dumping water in the bag of the Democratic legislator Jim Carroll, 62. She later apologized during a Vermont state house session on Monday, Boston.com reported.

“I am truly ashamed of my actions,” Morrissey said.

Morrissey did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.

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[–] 170 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As for whether he forgives Morrissey, Carroll said: “I guess I would have to say yes in the spirit of forgiveness, reluctantly. But if I had to be a smartass, I’d say her apology holds about as much water as my canvas bag.”

Fantastic.

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  • [–] 89 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you are only ashamed of your actions after you were caught, you are not ashamed of your actions. Grade A trashy behaviour that has no place in the world.

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  • [–] [S] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    America elects some of the wierdest politicians.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Australian politicians sniff the chairs of their female colleagues, and eat raw onions like apples. All politicians are just disguised reptilian barely holding it together.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Holy god

    I once witnessed a competition which involved people trying to eat an onion raw, like an apple, and it was unreal the level of pain and unhappiness they were all clearly experiencing.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Shit, where's this competition?

    Do they provide the onions, or do I need to use one from my belt?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It was a contest of bravery to eat a whole lot of random disgusting or unpleasant things, and a lot of people started but by the time it got down to the onion round it was only 3 people. Before that it had been pretty quick and lighthearted, but when it got to be onion time everything just ground to a halt. These three men were just on stage sitting in their chairs with their half eaten onions, tears streaming freely down their faces, making raw vocalizations of misery or cursing or laughing or just sitting unhappily. Every so often, one of them would take another bite, and start forcing themselves to chew.

    About a third of the way through the onion, one man threw the rest of his forcefully into the trash and walked off stage, shaking his head, not saying a word. The other two powered through to the next round.

    I was pretty drunk and it was, yes, quite a long time ago, probably before most of Lemmy was born. I don't remember much of the rest of it, but the marathon of agony that was the onion round was so unexpectedly vivid and serious that it seared itself into my memory.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    If it was that long ago, maybe those onions were some old variety that were just terrible. The nasty old "crabapples" of the onion family tree.

    I can't think of a single modern onion I wouldn't gladly chomp through if it came down to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    A whole onion is a lot. Taking a few bites from one isn't too bad (though unpleasant), but a whole one is just too much to swallow.

    And I say this as someone who can eat oranges, lemons, limes, and even bananas with the peel

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Probably depends on the onion. Some varieties are not hot at all and kind of sweet. Still wouldn't want to eat one like an apple, though.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Oh man a walla walla is totally doable, sweet and mild. Even a red onion, for me. I like to slice them and eat the rings as snacks, raw, plain. Sometimes with finely sliced purple cabbage on the side, which is a bit peppery.

    I’m not a fan of standard white onions where the whole flavor is the chemical burn, but those are good for cooking. If you dip them in ranch they give wicked heartburn, but not so much the mouth burn. White onions are also the only ones that cause eye irritation for me, the others I don’t even notice anymore.

    My dad used to eat them like apples. I never have, but I do eat them plain so I guess the onion didn’t fall far off the truck.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I'm sorry, what???? Like who in the fuck is kneeling down in Parliament and sniffing women's seats????

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    She should be ejected from the chamber(s) for a while in my opinion, and forced to "telecommute" her votes and participation in, if they even choose to let her participate at all in the lawmaking, for the rest of her term.

    There's no reason that behavior should be excusable.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “I am truly ashamed of my actions,” Morrissey said.

    You're a Republian, lady. You're not supposed to say you're ashamed. They're going to kick you to the curb now.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    She means the Republican, "sorry" - she is sorry she got caught.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Mary Morrissey is a psychotic bully.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Apologize publicly?

    Fuck that

    He should get to pour any liquid he wants into any bag or possession of hers that he wants to, an equal number of times, and she can't say anything about it and it'll all be on video and go up on social media.

    And if she doesn't want that, let her try to explain why not, and put that on social media. You could try to time it right, so that right as she's getting kind of emotional about how she's so sick of all this bitterness in politics and what happened to forgive and live and let live, is right when someone's sneaking up behind her and pouring a pint of lemonade into her purse or something.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You seem to be taking this a bit personally - did someone pour water in your bag?

    An eye for an eye is not justice, and it doesn't lead to peace.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Getting the first N of the DENNIS system - Nurture dependence, all wrong lol

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I'd rather deal with a confrontational Karen who you at least know is batshit crazy than a passive aggressive secret psycho Karen who does weird shit like this. At least she didn't try to poison him or something.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That picture of Mary Morrissey looks like it was taken decades ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was. She's 13 terms in, so I'm guessing it was taken when she was first elected, based on styling and photo quality. She have been in her early 40s, which seems about right.

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