Indiana Democratic county council candidate Jaime West admitted to consuming alcohol before her viral Oct. 9 interview, during which she slurred words and slumped while on television.
“I had a Coors Light, I had a beer,” West said on Piers Morgan’s podcast Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday.
“Maybe a couple,” she said. “All right, three. Three beers.”
In the viral interview, West said she would fire “all Republicans” if elected, saying, “I don’t even talk to them, I don’t like them.”
“I was nervous, OK? Because I was going into a room full of Republicans,” West told Morgan.
Morgan told West this was her chance to “be honest.”
“What do you want me to tell you, man? I had three beers,” she said.
Morgan asked whether she was intoxicated at the time of the televised interview.
“Not that intoxicated, but I do know what I’m talking about,” West said.
West said she did not have any beers before her interview with Morgan.
INDIANA DEMOCRAT JAIME WEST SLURS WORDS DURING INTERVIEW AND SAYS SHE’LL FIRE ‘ALL REPUBLICANS’
She also maintained she does not take back some of the things she said in the interview, such as saying MAGA voters are “racist” and “aren’t very intelligent at all.”
West is running against Republican Gary Keener Jr. for the council seat. The election is set for Nov. 3.
Continue reading...
[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
