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getagrip_already

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4. sometimes, people just drink and drive...

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #2)

Tue May 27, 2025, 12:23 PM

May 27

We don't know she is in a bad place, or abusing drugs.

We know she was arrested for DUI. She could have had too much wine with friends and made the mistake of driving. It happens to tens thousands of people a year. I'm sure many of those aren't considered alcoholics. Just stupid and use extremely poor judgement.

No reason to read more into this just because of who she is.

I remember back when that "illness" was reported. It was clear to most people it was covid, but she wouldn't admit it. That was a political decision, not a medical one.

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