COEUR d’ALENE — Donning red robes and white bonnets, not unlike those worn by women in "The Handmaid’s Tale," a group of women from Sandpoint made a statement beyond the signage they held at the corner of Ironwood Drive and Northwest Boulevard.

“Women of today will not go back to '60s standards,” the group said in a statement.

Their large hand-printed sign read “Fulcher — no friend to Idaho women,” echoing the sentiment of the several dozen protesters who gathered near Congressman Russ Fulcher’s Coeur d’Alene office Thursday.

Many protesters had strong opinions on Fulcher’s support of the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, a proposed tax and spending package.

Congressman Fulcher appeared to be away from his office during the protest and could not be reached for comment.

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