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Gov. Healey tried Malört during her trip to Chicago’s DNC. Here’s what she thought.
“I’m just saying that it’s the one that if you want to prove your mettle, you’ve gotta have a shot of Malört.”
When in Rome… or Chicago, for that matter.
As high-profile politicians flocked to the Windy City this week for the Democratic National Convention, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker declared Malört the “unofficial shot” of the DNC. You know, Chicago’s iconic wormwood-based digestif that Food & Wine has described as both “citrus-flavored gasoline” and “the regional prank beverage.”
“It’s not a drink for most people, but we’re not most people,” the Jeppson’s Malört website notes.
“I’m not saying it’s the best-tasting liqueur,” Pritzker acknowledged in a segment with former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. “I’m just saying that it’s the one that if you want to prove your mettle, you’ve gotta have a shot of Malört.”
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Washington Post campaigns reporter Dylan Wells rounded up a few other governors for a sample, putting Pritzker’s theory to the test. Naturally, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey — who rarely shies away from a physical challenge — was game.
“I’ve heard a lot about this Malört,” Healey said to the camera, placid and poised even after downing a long sip.
“I like it,” she added somewhat incredulously. “I heard all these things about it that weren’t so great. I like it.”
See how other governors fared:
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