All that glitters … is not a nice prank.
The Lincoln, Nebraska, office of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R) received a “glitter bomb” in the mail Wednesday that resulted in all of the congressman’s aides becoming covered in sparkles, as reports the Omaha World-Herald.
A spokesperson for the GOP representative explained that the contents of the note that accompanied the prank device suggested its sender was acting out against Fortenberry’s anti-abortion position.
“Congrats, you’ve earned this for trying to deny women their right to choice. Mind your own uterus,” the note read, according to spokeswoman Jennifer Allen.
Fortenberry was on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., at the time of the sparkle attack.
Allen didn’t appear jazzed by all the glitter, calling the “bomb” a “huge waste” of time and suggested the person behind it would have been better off making an appointment with the congressman.
“You can certainly disagree with your member of Congress or any member of Congress, but this is pretty reckless and irresponsible,” Allen affirmed. “It’s just a huge waste of everybody’s time and resources.”
“Nobody was injured, except now people have glitter on their clothes,” she added.
Despite the lack of injury, the office still reported the suspicious package to police, the U.S. postal inspector and the FBI.
