{"id":2270557,"date":"2024-06-18T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-lawmaker-apologizes-for-secretly-pouring-water-into-colleagues-bag-for-months\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:40:27","slug":"vermont-lawmaker-apologizes-for-secretly-pouring-water-into-colleagues-bag-for-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermont-lawmaker-apologizes-for-secretly-pouring-water-into-colleagues-bag-for-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont legislator apologizes for covertly adding water to peer&#8217;s bag over several months"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvermont-lawmaker-apologizes-for-secretly-pouring-water-into-colleagues-bag-for-months%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2062Vermont state lawmaker, Republican\u2062 Representative \u2062Mary Morrissey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/probe-finds-ore-state-dem-created-hostile-work-environment\/\" title=\"Probe finds Ore. state Dem created hostile work environment\">apologized<\/a> for \u200bsecretly pouring \u200bwater \u200cinto a Democratic \u200bcolleague&#8217;s bag over several \u200dmonths. The incident was reported on\u2063 Monday. If\u2063 you \u2063are interested in discussing the \u200bimplications of such an\u2064 action\u200b by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">representative<\/a>, or need further information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-lawyer-arrested-on-charges-related-to-dominion-voting-machines-after-attending-hearing-for-client\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump Attorney Detained Over Dominion Voting Machines Case Following Client's Hearing\">related \u2062legal<\/a>\u200d or ethical considerations, feel free to \u2063let me know how\u200b I can assist you further.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexamienr.com\/tag\/vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vermont<\/a> state lawmaker apologized Monday for secretly pouring water into a Democratic colleague\u2019s bag for months, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Republican Rep. Mary Morrissey had been surreptitiously pouring water into the bag of fellow Democratic state Rep. Jim Carroll for months until she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevendaysvt.com\/news\/lawmaker-releases-spy-cam-video-of-a-rival-dumping-water-in-his-bag-41112387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>caught on camera<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/jun\/18\/vermont-republican-water-bag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the <em>Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am truly ashamed of my actions,\u201d Morrissey said during a state house veto session Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/politics\/2024\/06\/17\/vermont-lawmaker-publicly-apologizes-after-being-caught-on-video-repeatedly-pouring-water-into-colleagues-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> <em>Boston.com<\/em>. \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey described her behavior as \u201cdisrespectful\u201d and apologized to Carroll privately, according to the report. She said she would be \u201cworking toward resolution and restoration through our legislative process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, apparently discovering over the last few months that his bag was wet, said, \u201cFor five months, I went through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd each month, each day that I went through this, Rep. Morrissey had a choice to make. And each time, she didn\u2019t choose to either drop it or come to me and say, \u2018I\u2019m sorry, I screwed up, let\u2019s put our heads together and serve our constituents the way they ought to be,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cAnd for that I\u2019m really sorry and sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s gonna be some work to be done between the two of us,\u201d Carroll said, according to the report. \u201cThat first time that we sit down together, it\u2019s gonna be kind of awkward, but we have to start somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont Republican Rep. Mary Morrissey apologized for secretly pouring water into Democratic Rep. Jim Carroll&#8217;s bag over several months. Morrissey, who was eventually caught on camera, expressed her regret for the actions, as reported by the Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3042,"featured_media":2270558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23167626403561.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2270557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23167626403561.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2270557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2270557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2270557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2270557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2270557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}