Anger after Democrat says she wants to infect Republican colleague’s family with Legionella

A Democrat in the Illinois state legislature sparked outrage and calls for resignation after saying during a policy debate that she wanted to mix up a “broth of Legionella” bacteria to infect her Republican colleague’s family.

The rather unusual insult came during a debate over a bill that aimed to help families that had been made ill or died after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a state-run veterans home.

Stephanie Kifowit directed the remark at Peter Breen, after he raised concerns surrounding the costs and details of the plan. The bill would have raised the cap on damages which the state could pay out in civil cases from $100,000 to $2 million — something which Breen had argued would allow personal injury lawyers to “make out like bandits” on the cases.

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Classy as usual Dem.