Khairy: Umno got 'drunk on Kool-Aid' and lost GE14


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 15 May 2018

PETALING JAYA: Umno was decimated during GE14 because it had become so detached from reality that the party thought it was invincible, Khairy Jamaluddin (pic) told Channel NewsAsia (CNA).

"What happened was we became delusional; we got drunk on our own Kool-Aid and we got carried away," the Umno Uouth chief was quoted as saying.

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