So I read today of a Michigan politician getting arrested for drunk driving. Her party affiliation is omitted from the article, so I can assume it is Democrat.

It seems the main line media will freely publish "Republican" and "White" but when it is omitted ...

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/poli...am/story?id=68689368

Politician's 'super drunk' DWI arrest caught on police dashcam
Other drivers called 911 to report the lawmaker's car swerving on the highway.
_{By Christina Carrega - February 1, 2020}

A Michigan lawmaker is in hot water after she was busted for allegedly driving on the highway "super drunk" the day after Christmas.

Rep. Rebekah Warren, according ABC Detroit affiliate WXYZ, allegedly was seen by other drivers driving a black Jeep Cherokee that swerved along Interstate-75. When Auburn Hills police caught up to the vehicle, it appears to go off the shoulder and strike a guardrail, the video shows.

Officers pulled over Warren and asked her to take a field sobriety test. She took six steps and stumbled, the video shows, and then was arrested.

"You don't understand, I'm elected. I'm a senator. People will be, like, 'The senator got arrested,'" said Warren, as she was handcuffed in the back of the police car. "That'll be, like, [expletive bleeped]. This is going to be the most famous arrest you've ever made."

"Do you understand, there's going to be a moment that we're both going to be on TV," Warren continued. "It's going to be, like, the senator from Ann Arbor's career is over. This is like career-ending for me."

Warren, 49, was taken to a nearby hospital, where it was determined her blood alcohol content was more than double .08, the legal limit.

Warren was charged under Michigan's "super drunk" law that took effect in 2010 and has stiffer penalties if she's convicted, WXYZ reported.

A first-time offender convicted of driving while impaired faces punishments including up to $700 in fines, up to 180 days in jail, up to 360 hours of community service, a one-year driver's license suspension and six points on the driver's license, according to Michigan State Police.

Vincent Haisha, an attorney for Warren, didn't respond to a request for comment from ABC News.

Saw on the news ... nice work

MDS

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her blood alcohol content was more than double .08

She must be a hard-core alcoholic to stay conscious, let alone drive, with it that high.

She won her district with 75% of the vote in 2019

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Originally posted by CQB60:
She won her district with 75% of the vote in 2019

Maybe she was still celebrating the victory.

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Rep. Rebekah Warren

She's white Blonde and a Dem

The article above does not mention her actual BAC level.
According to the Fox news article.

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The test came back as .21, more than twice the legal limit of .08 and well above .17 the limit considered super drunk under Michigan law, the station reported.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/mic...cop-dui-arrest-video

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It seems the main line media will freely publish "Republican" and "White" but when it is omitted

That is correct, they are uniform and shameless in that regard.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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her blood alcohol content was more than double .08

She must be a hard-core alcoholic to stay conscious, let alone drive, with it that high.

For most people, "double .08" takes 2 to 4 drinks to get to. It is absolutely too impaired to drive safely, but it isn't passed out on the floor drunk.

According to this page, unconsciousness is likely with a BAC over 0.30 and over 0.40 carries a risk of coma and death.

https://www.alcohol.org/effect...cohol-concentration/

In the small Texas towns where they publish the week's arrests in the weekly paper, DUI arrests with BAC over 0.3 are common and over 0.4 are not terribly unusual. The highest I recall seeing was 0.43.

.21? Whoa.

She will claim that she mixed her meds with booze.

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Originally posted by Woodman:

This is like career-ending for me."

And this is the problem with these damn politicians. They consider being an elected official a career. Any politician who goes into elected politics to make a career out of it, shouldn't be a politician.

Maybe she should have used her nav radio, she was arrested on northbound I-75. Best part, 75 does not pass through or near Ann Arbor. Direction she was heading would have taken her to Flint.

No worries, she will cry on camera, ask her voters for forgiveness, praise the police and the court system and get re-elected.

She was so drunk she didn't even remember she wasn't a state senator anymore. LOL.

Well, like, sheeeeeyit, like....'

Obviously, its Trump's fault!

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Originally posted by egregore:

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her blood alcohol content was more than double .08

She must be a hard-core alcoholic to stay conscious, let alone drive, with it that high.

I've seen a 4.3, the guy passed every sobriety test, and was having a normal lucid conversation. This guy was a frequent flier and if you ever caught him close to sober you'd swear he was hammered.... Stumbling, slurring, incoherent.

Pretty sure she had more than a few glasses of wine.

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the guy passed every sobriety test, and was having a normal lucid conversation. This guy was a frequent flier and if you ever caught him close to sober you'd swear he was hammered.... Stumbling, slurring, incoherent.

I knew a guy like that. He would wake up in the morning and start drinking Absolut straight on ice. At least 1 liter a day, and 100% functional unless he stopped drinking.

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Originally posted by blueye:
She will claim that she mixed her meds with booze.

And do a Gov. Blackface and become a champion of the left, because she cares and she's sorry.