A racially charged postcard which arrived at the offices of the Vermont Democratic Party is generating some concern among staff. The card, mailed from Wilmington, Delaware, features a 2004 photograph of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton kissing Robert Byrd, the West Virginia senator. Another image depicts Byrd wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe. "It's disturbing. It's confusing. I think it was probably sent with the intention to intimidate," said Conor Casey, executive director of the party. "It won't intimidate us. We have an obligation to our staffers and volunteers that they're in a safe environment. So any card you get like this you have to take seriously." In the 1940's, Byrd was a member of the KKK. He later renounced the racist group before running for Congress in 1952. Byrd died in 2010. The postcard, addressed to Casey, includes a handwritten message that simply says "See you on the 8th!," an apparent allusion to next month's general election. Casey shared the card with U.S. Attorney Eric Miller. Miller told the Times Argus newspaper he has made the FBI aware of the incident and has "asked the VDP to make sure to notify us of any similar future correspondence so that we can determine if legal action becomes warranted." Similar postcards have been mailed to Democratic Party offices in other states, Casey said.

A racially charged postcard which arrived at the offices of the Vermont Democratic Party is generating some concern among staff.

The card, mailed from Wilmington, Delaware, features a 2004 photograph of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton kissing Robert Byrd, the West Virginia senator. Another image depicts Byrd wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.


"It's disturbing. It's confusing. I think it was probably sent with the intention to intimidate," said Conor Casey, executive director of the party. "It won't intimidate us. We have an obligation to our staffers and volunteers that they're in a safe environment. So any card you get like this you have to take seriously."

In the 1940's, Byrd was a member of the KKK. He later renounced the racist group before running for Congress in 1952. Byrd died in 2010.

The postcard, addressed to Casey, includes a handwritten message that simply says "See you on the 8th!," an apparent allusion to next month's general election.

Casey shared the card with U.S. Attorney Eric Miller. Miller told the Times Argus newspaper he has made the FBI aware of the incident and has "asked the VDP to make sure to notify us of any similar future correspondence so that we can determine if legal action becomes warranted."

Similar postcards have been mailed to Democratic Party offices in other states, Casey said.