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Tue Jul 23, 2019, 06:24 AM Jul 2019

Cartoon postcards mailed to Idaho lawmakers mock BSU president, diversity initiatives

An unknown number of Idaho lawmakers and state officials received postcards in the mail Monday morning that mock Boise State President Marlene Tromp, state education officials and the university’s diversity initiatives.

Gov. Brad Little has yet to respond to legislators’ calls for a response.

The cards, which have Spokane postmarks, include cartoons depicting Tromp and members of the Idaho State Board of Education as clowns, covered with the statements “BSU & Idaho Ed. Clown World” and “Idaho Taxpayer Ticket Price: $425,000 and sacrificial children.”

Boise Democrats Sen. Cherie Buckner-Webb and Sen. Maryanne Jordan told the Idaho Statesman that they received the postcards Monday morning. At least 10 Republican lawmakers got a postcard, according to Rep. Megan Blanksma, R-Hammett, and Rep. Barbara Ehardt, R-Idaho Falls.

Read more: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article232977967.html

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