Kentucky senator accidentally drops husband-scolding F-bomb during Zoom committee meeting

FRANKFORT, Ky. — It is a recurring nightmare for many in the pandemic era — unintentionally having your computer unmuted during a remote work meeting and saying something extremely inappropriate or embarrassing.

That nightmare became a reality for state Sen. Denise Harper Angel, D-Louisville, on Wednesday when she swore at her husband in an argument that was inadvertently shared with a Kentucky Senate committee on a livestream for all of the public to hear.

"You made me miss roll call… because I couldn't unmute, because you were f---ing cussing," Harper Angel was heard saying in the committee meeting, drawing suppressed laughs from the committee audience and the senator testifying for his bill.

After a voice is heard arguing with her in the background, Harper Angel sternly said "shut up!" — at which point there was no more audio from her feed and the meeting continued.

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