Republicans Negligent Drinking of Alcohol While Doing Political Work

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  • Lauren BoebertLauren BoebertU.S. Representative [R-CO]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook iconYouTube icon4.1m
    4/05/24
    Drank so much alcohol at a political dinner and gala that servers cut her off and told her she couldn't have any more because she was noticeably drunk
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
  • Dade PhelanDade Phelan House Speaker [R-TX]Twitter iconFacebook icon44k
    5/19/23
    Repeatedly slurred his speech and swayed back and forth as he led official proceedings as the Texas Speaker of the House in a way fellow Republican and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described as "debilitating intoxication"
    According to reports by local and state media
  • Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiFmr. Trump MayorTwitter iconInstagram iconYouTube iconFacebook iconTikTok iconRumble iconTruthSocial iconGab icon4.2m
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    5/16/23
    Drank alcohol "all day and night" despite having serious professional responsibilities including being a lawyer for Donald Trump according to his aide Noelle Dunphy who had a job to make sure he was a "functioning" alcoholic
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Fabián BasabeFabián BasabeState RepresentativeInstagram iconTwitter icon92k
    4/13/23
    Slapped his legislative aide across the face and instructed him to go stand in a corner after he drunkenly interrupted a conversation to ask his aide if he had recently "slept with" the woman he was talking with
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
  • Blake FarentholdBlake FarentholdFmr. U.S. RepresentativeTea Party Enthusiast
    12/01/17
    Routinely "drank to excess” at Capitol Hill functions so much that his staff felt they had to be on "red head patrol" in order to "keep him out of trouble" because he would regularly say sexually improper things to female staff and lobbyists when he was drunk
    According to an exclusive report by Politico
  • Matthew ShirkMatthew ShirkFmr. District Attorney
       
    1/05/17
    Discussed showering and having sex with three subordinates in private messages, sent one a private message that said "I think if we had sex there would be very minimal awkwardness afterwards," drank to excess with them in his office and later fired all three after his wife caught him
    According to an exclusive report by The Florida Times-Union