'As public officials, we often have to take a lot of crap from the public, and that's part of our job, but this situation has taken it to a new level, unfortunately.'
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After News 5's original article on how Ohio GOP senators were mailed feces was published Thursday evening, senators sat down to give their reactions.
There were no certain public policy issues, like abortion or gun access, written in the letter, Fortney said, but he doesn't know if there were any threats or expletives targeting the legislators. "The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is committed to protecting Postal Service employees and customers and preserving the integrity of the mail," a spokesperson for the service said in an email."These people are intellectually deficient, as I like to call them," Cirino added."They're not being very good communicators because they did not make their issue clear. They obviously didn't do any research either because we are in recess.
"This is a highly charged and emotional issue, there's passion on both sides," the lawmaker continued."But we need to engage in civil discourse." "I received death threats," she said."I think that as much as it seems like maybe there's an increasing discourse, I think there's always been a threat to public servants.""I get it from both sides, frankly," the lawmaker added."I guess it's what that old quote is about: I'm not pleasing anyone, so I must be doing a great job representing the people I love so much here in the 16th Senate District because it's truly a 50/50 district.
"What may be the result of this is that mail that we get from constituents that is legitimate is going to take longer to get to us because it's going to go through some level of scrutiny from a security standpoint," Cirino said."We may not get mail about certain things on a bill until after the bill is passed. Well, what good was that?"
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