Republicans Inappropriately Drinking While Working

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  • Pete HegsethPete HegsethTrump Secretary of Defense NomineeTwitter iconInstagram icon1.1m
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    12/01/24
    Attempted to jump on the stage and gyrate with exotic dancers while he was extremely intoxicated at a gentlemen's club with his employees and had to be dragged off stage by a female subordinate
    According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
    12/01/24
    Got "completely drunk in a public place" during a work event in Cleveland and behaved so belligerently that multiple high profile business associates who were also in attendance reported being "very disappointed" by his behavior
    According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
    Drank so much at a work event in Virginia Beach that he had to be carried to his hotel room because he was "totally sloshed"
    12/01/24
    Drank to excess at work functions so often that it became routine for his staff to drag him away from situations because he was making scene
    12/01/24
    Got so drunk during a night out with some subordinates that he "completely passed out in the middle seat" while being driven back to his hotel by a staffer and then required the help of two male staffers to get back to his room safely
    According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
    Belligerently yelled "Kill All Muslims!" over and over while out drinking at a bar during a work trip in Ohio
    According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
  • 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
  • Derrick Van OrdenDerrick Van OrdenU.S. Representative [R]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook icon58k
    7/28/23
    Held an alcohol fueled party in his Congressional office and then drunkenly unloaded on teenage Senate pages by calling them "little sh*ts" and "jack*sses" for not being respectful of the history and grandeur of the US Capitol and told them to "get the f*ck out of" the Capitol rotunda when he came cross them taking pictures following a long day of helping assist US Senators
    According to a photograph of his office that showed copious amounts of alcohol on a nearby table
  • 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. Mayor [R-NY]Twitter 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
  • 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
  • Randy BaumgardnerRandy BaumgardnerFmr. State Senator [R-CO]
       
    11/16/17
    Urged a legislative intern to drink alcohol with him in his office which she smartly declined as he was married and because of inappropriate comments she overheard him make days earlier about the first time he met her in which he "complained" about having to go home alone to bed and gave out an exaggerated sigh which creepily signaled that he wanted to sleep with her
    According to the former intern in an exclusive interview with a local NPR affiliate
  • 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