Vermont legislator apologizes for covertly adding water to peer’s bag over several months

A Vermont state lawmaker apologized Monday for secretly pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag for months, according to a report.

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 caught on camera, according to the Guardian.

“I am truly ashamed of my actions,” Morrissey said during a state house veto session Monday, according to Boston.com. “It 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.”

Morrissey described her behavior as “disrespectful” and apologized to Carroll privately, according to the report. She said she would be “working toward resolution and restoration through our legislative process.”

Carroll, apparently discovering over the last few months that his bag was wet, said, “For five months, I went through this.”

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“And each month, each day that I went through this, Rep. Morrissey had a choice to make. And each time, she didn’t choose to either drop it or come to me and say, ‘I’m sorry, I screwed up, let’s put our heads together and serve our constituents the way they ought to be,’” he said. “And for that I’m really sorry and sad.”

“There’s gonna be some work to be done between the two of us,” Carroll said, according to the report. “That first time that we sit down together, it’s gonna be kind of awkward, but we have to start somewhere.”