This nursing home resident wants a happy hour. Her testimony is going viral.
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Minnesota's proposed “Grandparents’ Happy Hour” bill would allow group homes to serve alcohol to residents and their guests.
Senior living resident Anita LeBrun wants to "cheers" her friends with something stronger than grape juice.
LeBrun is going viral for her testimony at a Minnesota House of Representatives committee meeting, where legislators considered the so-called "Grandparents' Happy Hour" bill that would allow group homes to serve alcohol to their residents and guests.
"Just because we are older and live in assisted living doesn’t mean that we should have fewer freedoms than anyone else," LeBrun said during her testimony March 17. "My friends and I love happy hour, just like many of you do."
A TikTok of LeBrun's testimony posted by Fox 9, a local news network in Minneapolis, has nearly 1 million views, and more than 103,000 Instagram users liked a clip of LeBrun's testimony posted to The Washington Post's reels.
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