A festive occasion in The Villages, Florida was marred Saturday as annual holiday golf cart parade participant registered Republican Karen Hackett, 63, was arrested for DUI following a collision which tossed Hackett and her passenger from the vehicle, Villages-News.com reports. Karen, whom witnesses say was consuming alcohol at the parade, was headed home at 7:30 pm when her golf cart struck a curb, sending her and an unidentified passenger tumbling onto a lawn. When EMTs responded, Karen was hostile toward them, screaming “Get me [Governor Ron] DeSantis”, “I’m not vaccinated”, and “profanity aimed at President Joe Biden” per Villages-News’s reporting.
Karen and her passenger were both transported to a local hospital, where the boozy MAGA Villager was “belligerent” toward a nurse. Karen blew a range between 0.246 and 0.249 BAC in several breathalyzer tests, more than triple the legal limit of 0.08 in Florida. She was booked on charges of driving under the influence and disorderly conduct, and released on $2,000 bond.