Letters containing white powder have been sent to a number of Republican legislators across the country, including Montana, Kansas and Tennessee.<\/p>\n
According to ABC<\/a>, similar letters with white power were sent to former President Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and various other people, but were intercepted.<\/p>\n The FBI is now investigating the multi-state incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tennessee House Republican Caucus spokesperson Jennifer Easton said the letters \u201ccontained obvious threats made by a liberal activist specifically targeting Republicans,\u201d according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n Receipt of the letter prompted a temporary lockdown<\/a> of a Tennessee legislative office building. \u00a0Earlier this year, Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill defining gender by biology and not preference.<\/p>\n To date, none of the powder tested in any state has been a hazardous substance.<\/p>\n In Montana, where a high-profile incident with a transgender lawmaker<\/a> put the legislature the in the national spotlight, Republican state Rep. Neil Duram received the letter at his home, as did at least one of the other Montana Republicans<\/a> to receive a letter. The latest target was Montana House Speaker Matt Regier.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important not to choke on your ambition,\u201d the letter said, according to KECI-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n The letter was signed, \u201cyour secret despirer.\u201d<\/p>\n A third suspicious letter has been identified. This one was addressed to House Speaker Matt Regier and exterior post markings follow the pattern of the other letters. Speaker Regier\u2019s letter is now in the possession of law enforcement. #mtleg<\/a> #mtpol<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Montana Senate GOP (@MTSenateGOP) June 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The letters had local return addresses but were postmarked in Kansas City, according to KECI-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n The flood of letters began in Kansas<\/a>, where more than 100 letters with powder were received \u2014 all by Republicans, according to the Wichita Eagle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Although no direct motive was revealed, the Eagle noted that Kansas approved a ban on transgender athletes competing in female sports.<\/p>\n \u201cTime and effort was put into this,\u201d Republican state Sen. Molly Baumgardner said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it does give individuals pause simply because whatever individual or group decided to pursue this, the intention was to be threatening,\u201d Baumgardner said. \u201cThe intention was to create a threat.\u201d<\/p>\n The letter received by Kansas Republican state Rep. Stephen Owens mirrored the text of the one received by Montana legislator Neil Duram.<\/p>\n The letter said \u201cit is important not to choke on your ambition,\u201d and was signed \u201cyour secret despirer,\u201d according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a question whether maybe it\u2019s related to some of those vetoes that we overrode,\u201d Owens said, referring to LGBT and abortion issues. \u201cIt\u2019s really terrifying to think that because of someone\u2019s political beliefs that they can be a target.\u201d<\/p>\n Republican state Rep. Tory Marie Blew of Kansas said that the envelope she received bore the name of a transgender woman who died.<\/p>\n Owens said his letter had a return address of a church in his district.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very deliberate, very intentional to get us to open the letters,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n Owens said the letter will not change his votes.<\/p>\n \u201cViolence and acts of violence and threats do absolutely nothing, nothing to change one\u2019s perspective. As a matter of fact, that strengthens the resolve of myself and my colleagues and of our party to continue the work that we\u2019re doing,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Coincidence? Biological Threat Mailed to GOP Lawmakers Who Also Stood Up to LGBT Agenda<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Letters containing white powder have been sent to a number of Republican legislators across the country, including Montana,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n