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Driver uses cardboard Trump head in carpool lane

Sep 27, 2016 | 4:15 PM

SEATTLE — A cardboard cutout of a head in a passenger seat definitely caught the attention of a Washington State Patrol trooper Tuesday morning.

That’s because it wasn’t just any old cardboard head, but that of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

A trooper stopped the motorist who was driving with the cardboard likeness in a carpool lane south of Seattle on Highway 167. The stunt netted the driver a $136 ticket.

Another trooper Tweeted a photo of the cardboard Trump head affixed to the passenger seat headrest.