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Democratic candidate admits to drinking 3 beers before live TV interview
What happened
AlterNet reports that Jamie West, a Democratic candidate for the Fayette County Council’s District 4 seat in Indiana, admitted drinking three Coors Lights before a televised interview in which her speech appeared slurred. In a subsequent interview with Piers Morgan, West disputed that she had been “that intoxicated” and said nervousness about facing a “room full of Republicans” contributed to her conduct.
West said that, if elected, she would fire “all Republicans,” although AlterNet does not establish whom she meant, whether those people are county employees, or whether a…
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