North Carolina GOP Office Damaged by Firebomb
http://www.wsj.com/articles/north-carolina-police-say-gop-office-damaged-by-fire-graffiti-1476649527
The Republican headquarters in Orange County, N.C., was firebombed and sprayed with graffiti overnight, local officials in the town of Hillsborough said Sunday.
Flammable material contained in a bottle was thrown through the front window of the GOP headquarters, according to a release from town officials. The graffiti, which was spray painted in black on an adjacent building, included a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else.”
Furniture inside the office was burned by the fire, which also damaged the structure’s interior before going out on its own, town officials said.
Local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating the incident.
“This highly disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property; it willfully threatens our community’s safety via fire, and its hateful message undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic participation,” Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said in a statement.
State Republicans decried the incident, saying they would be calling for additional security at Republican Party offices and events between now and Election Day.
“Whether you are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, all Americans should be outraged by this hate-filled and violent attack against our democracy,” said Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party in a statement.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and state Democratic officials also condemned the attack.
“The attack on the Orange County HQ @NCGOP office is horrific and unacceptable,” Mrs. Clinton tweeted. “Very grateful that everyone is safe.”
“We hope the perpetrators of this attack are brought to swift justice, and we are thankful that no one was hurt,” said North Carolina Democratic Party Chairwoman Patsy Keever in statement.
Write to Dan Frosch at dan.frosch@wsj.com
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This does not look good. Someone could have hurt. Damage to the property was hurting someone.
There are unstable extremists on both sides of the political spectrum..We shouldn’t condemn the majority because of the thoughtless actions of the few.Having said that however,I have not in my 60 some years,ever seen an election where emotions are running so high.There are extremists on the right threatening violence if Hillary is elected,and although I haven’t heard such threats from the left(I’m not partisan) emotions are high there also.
There are issues facing the country,as never before.We seem to be at some type of turning point,well at the same time,many aspects of our societal structure seem to be literally imploding.Many people on both left and right,are fed up with government as usual.Seems to me there are valid reasons for those attitudes.But violence and talk of civil war are extreme reactions to problems we can yet solve with civil discourse and participation in the political process.
Most Americans have been apathetic for so long,that the problems we now face,have reached this point in part due to our own laziness and apathy.If we could return to a government once again that would be for and by the people,it would solve a lot of the problems we now face.
You ever hear of a building named the Reichstag burned in a place called Germany in 1933?
Ever hear of a SET UP?
I find it most ironic this “incident” certainly reeks of some of the desperate DixieTrumps looking to replay this chapter in history.
On first look seems reminiscent of Adolf’s quote appearing stating make the lie big, simple and repeating and the (desperate, ignorant,and gullible) people will buy it.
It will be VERY interesting to see who is really behind this “bombing”.