Jim Carroll set up a spy camera and captured Mary Morrissey pouring water into his bag. He said it was soaked almost daily.
A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has apologized for repeatedly pouring water into a Democratic colleague's bag, after he caught her doing it on video.State Rep. Mary Morrissey publicly apologized to state Rep. Jim Carroll, colleagues and the citizens of Vermont from the House floor on Monday. Both are from Bennington, a town of about 15,000 in the southwestern corner of the state.
He set up a video camera behind a scarf on the opposite wall and captured Morrissey pouring water from a glass into the bag on April 23 and April 26. Carroll, who shared the video with CBS affiliate WCAX-TV last week, showed the footage to House Speaker Jill Krowinski, who confronted Morrissey with it.'This is a truly disturbing situation that is at odds with our legislative practices,' Krowinski, a Democrat, said in a statement.
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