Kicker - Suspicious political signs

NICK EICHER, HOST: Here’s something you may have noticed:

Political signs tend to stir up emotions.

So much so that concerned citizens got in touch with authorities in Easton, Maryland after noticing pro-Trump lawn signs with some kind of device duct-taped on them.

Whoever put them up attached audible alarms set to go off if someone tried uprooting the signs.

But the sight of these signs set off a different sort of alarm. And if you look at the pictures online, you could be forgiven for thinking the worst.

Local authorities sure did. They sent out the bomb squad, which spent two days investigating before concluding they weren’t explosive.

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(Photo/Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal)

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