{"id":1545015,"date":"2022-07-08T17:04:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545015"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T21:04:29","slug":"gross-and-stupid-stomach-turning-stunt-targets-ohio-republicans-ahead-of-new-abortion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gross-and-stupid-stomach-turning-stunt-targets-ohio-republicans-ahead-of-new-abortion-law\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gross And Stupid\u2019: Stomach-Turning Stunt Targets Ohio Republicans Ahead Of New Abortion Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgross-and-stupid-stomach-turning-stunt-targets-ohio-republicans-ahead-of-new-abortion-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545015&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\">Republican<\/a> lawmakers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ohio\">Ohio<\/a> were sent poop in the mail, and it\u2019s not just disgusting \u2013 it\u2019s a federal crime.<\/p>\n<p>All 25 GOP state senators were targeted with the \u201cenvelopes full of feces\u201d in the Thursday mail, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/ohio-republican-senators-were-mailed-poop-cleveland\/7829088001\/\">according to The Columbus Dispatch<\/a>. The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should\u2019ve just sent a selfie, because it\u2019s the same thing,\u201d Ohio Senate Republican Caucus spokesman John Fortney told the newspaper. \u201cI\u2019d be more than happy to explain it to them in a parking lot or cornfield of their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All 25 Republican members of the Ohio Senate were mailed envelopes full of feces on Thursday morning, launching a federal investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yLgWTlm8hG\">https:\/\/t.co\/yLgWTlm8hG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1545209779487907840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortney said that the stinky envelopes were intercepted by post offices in Cleveland and Akron, as well as the Statehouse mailroom.<\/p>\n<p>Fortney told Cleveland\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/abc\" data-sys=\"1\">ABC<\/a>\u00a0affiliate WEWS he suspects the poop was \u201chuman,\u201d and\u00a0called those who sent the envelopes \u201cpathetic, little cowards.\u201d He said officials have confirmed the letters were sent nearly a week ago from a Cleveland post office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Officials warned lawmakers from both Statehouse chambers to exercise caution when opening mail at home. They were exploring the possibility of heightened security measures for the staff.<\/p>\n<p>Although there was no clear motive, the envelopes were mailed as the Buckeye State prepares to implement a ban on abortions after six weeks, following last month\u2019s reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state Sen. Kristina Roegner, who co-sponsored the abortion bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a highly charged and emotional issue, there\u2019s passion on both sides,\u201d Roegner said, adding that she took the stomach-turning stunt in stride. \u201cBut we need to engage in civil discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reversal of <em>Roe<\/em>, the landmark 1973 case that made abortion a federal right, has angered pro-abortion activists around the country. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn the case, sending the right to permit, regulate, or potentially ban abortion to the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Fellow Republican lawmaker Jay Hottinger joked to a Columbus Dispatch reporter that Thursday was \u201cjust another crappy day,\u201d and called the act \u201cgross and stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to quantify how immature, obviously gross, ridiculous, you know, a stunt like this is,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.10tv.com\/article\/news\/crime\/ohio-gop-senators-sent-feces-through-mail\/530-f1c68617-6247-4edf-94b1-8ab62aa00c60?fbclid=IwAR2RxOdeoHmtvVt8lX58Z6eIveIFCDAPe6DSylz4zhR_XHUApp5XTj7yY-k&#038;fs=e&#038;s=cl\">Hottinger told WBNS<\/a>. \u201cWhatever message that they are intending to try to deliver loses all effect when you resort to ridiculous stunts like this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican lawmakers in Ohio were sent poop in the mail, and it\u2019s not just disgusting \u2013 it\u2019s a federal crime. All 25 GOP state senators were targeted with the \u201cenvelopes full of feces\u201d in the Thursday mail, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating. \u201cThey should\u2019ve just sent a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1547212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1545015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1545015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1545015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1545015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1545015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}