COLUMBUS — A federal investigation is underway after all 25 Republican members of the Ohio Senate were mailed envelopes containing feces Thursday, our news partner 10TV in Columbus reported.
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Senate spokesperson John Fortney confirmed the letters were sent almost a week ago from a Cleveland post office and were intercepted before reaching any of the senators, 10TV reported.
“We’re assuming human,” Fortney said, after being asked by if the feces came from a human or an animal, according our news partner WCPO in Cincinnati.
The incident is being investigated as a federal crime by the U.S. Postal Inspector and Fortney said the Ohio State Highway Patrol has also been notified, according to 10TV.
“It’s difficult to quantify how immature, obviously gross, ridiculous, you know, a stunt like this is,” said Sen. Jay Hottinger. “Whatever message that they are intending to try to deliver loses all effect when you resort to ridiculous stunts like this.”
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He said it must have been political in nature because they were only sent to Republicans, 10TV reports.
“I have guesses given the very volatile, political world and climate that we’re in right now but that would just be purely speculation,” he said.
The U.S. Postal Inspector and Ohio State Highway Patrol have been reached out for a comment on the investigation, according to 10TV. The Ohio House has been reached out to see if similar letters were sent to any representatives.