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Democratic Washington state House candidate arrested for DUI in Tacoma (www.kuow.org)

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Perez was booked into Pierce County Corrections for driving under the influence early Tuesday morning. According to reporting by Seattle Red, she struck a parked car and set off a chain reaction that damaged five cars in total. The Tacoma City Attorney’s Office will be handling her case, though it has not yet issued formal charges.

Perez is running for the state House as one of a handful of insurgent progressives challenging more moderate Democrats. Her opponent Morgan, by contrast, was one of the few House Democrats who voted against the state’s first income tax on high earners, also known as the “millionaires tax.”

It’s worth noting that elected state legislators have had DUI charges while holding office in the past. Washington state law does not prevent someone with a DUI on their record — which is counted as a misdemeanor — from running for elected office.

State Rep. Timm Ormsby, a Democrat from Spokane, was charged with a DUI in 2018, and he continued to win reelection until he stepped down from his seat this year.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It'll be up to the constituents if this impacts their vote, for better or worse.

I'm not keen on arguing that we should allow our representatives to break laws without criticism in order to compete with MAGA. Where's the line?

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not keen on arguing that we should allow our representatives to break laws without criticism in order to compete with MAGA. Where's the line?

Fascism is the line. This is the end game.

I do agree that we should apply the law equally and that the constituents will decide. I’m just not going to play the high road while they kill us in the streets anymore.

(Not implying you are)

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This argument came up a lot when Graham Platner's credible rape accusations surfaced. I understand the frustration. But I also can't be mad at people who refuse to vote for representatives that conduct themselves in repugnant ways.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Eh I’d say rape or whatever Platber did is orders of magnitude worse than this. This reminds me of when the Dems drummed Frankin (Franken?) out for taking a pic of him hovering his hands over that woman’s boobs.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d love a squeaky clean candidate that never did any wrong or made mistakes. But we’re gonna get rolled if we wait for that person.

I’d be much more interested in someone that makes mistakes, fesses up, makes amends, and works to empower labor instead of capital.

Pretty piss poor timing on her part though.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I’d be much more interested in someone that makes mistakes, fesses up, makes amends, and works to empower labor instead of capital.

Absolutely, I agree with you. I can also understand voters that have been negatively impacted by drunk driving to be turned off by this.