GOP HQ in Hillsboro, NC was firebombed. Breaking on the TV now.

[Stinky The Clown]

I am off looking for a link for those who grouse about their lack

Link: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.html

[lapfog_1]

1. Trumpster fire

As much as they hate "libruls" they hate the establishment GOP even more.

That's my early without any evidence guess. It's just a guess.

[malaise]

2. ReTHUG on ReTHUG war???

Oh My!

[Rex]

3. I smell a rat, liberals don't say 'nazi republicans'...we just say 'nazi' or 'republican'

since they mean the same thing. The desperate Trumpers need their Reichstag fire moment imo.

[NightWatcher]

8. All the words were spelled correctly, so that tends to point to one of us.

[lpbk2713]

4. TeaBaggers blaming their demise on the mainstream goppers.

They weren't extreme enough to suit the baggers.

[NightWatcher]

5. Who knew we were being literal when we said trump was destroying the GOP?

[eleny]

6. I saw that and immediately thought of Rove's "mo"

North Carolina is a critical loss for the GOP. They desperately need to win the state. The polls are close.

Rove liked to perpetrate against himself or his own and then blame Dems. If it wasn't an ultra right wing group then I smell the stink of Rove tactics all over this.

The article says that nobody was killed. I hope nobody was hurt, either, of course.

I'd like to know if the building was closed for the night and empty of staff. That would make me think, "Hmmmm".

[Cooley Hurd]

7. "Nazi Republicans get out of town or else" - spray-painted on adjacent bldg

Sorry, but that's so OTT that it has to be from a right-wing nincompoop.

[liberal N proud]

9. No place in our process for this crap

Violence is for republicans and Trump supporters.

[Portland_Anni]

29. Remember the 3 Nov 1979 Greensboro, N.C. massacre of five Communist Worker Party members

By the KKKlan. That state has a violent political history. I served in the 82nd Airborne Division at the US Army base Ft Bragg. It is the least favorite State I've lived in. I am not surprised by that fire.

[liberal N proud]

35. Might be a good thing I got laid off instead of transferred

The company told me I was going g to be transferred to North Carolina and then severed me three days before I was to move.

[Red Mountain]

40. The population centers are liberal

The rural areas are not.

NC is a microcosm of the nation.

[liberal N proud]

46. It would have been located in the center of the state, south of Greensboro

Very conservative.

[Red Mountain]

41. Sorry about your experience

But NC is a lot more than the Fayetteville area.

Most states have a violent political history. The Klan/Communist conflict was a pretty strange footnote in our history.

Portland.....Oregon? Bundy? C'mon. You're painting with too broad a brush.

[DK504]

39. ugh

"McCrory said in a statement. “Violence has no place in our society – but especially in our elections."

I'm sure McCory has lost sleep over the violence at Trump goose-stepping rallies.

[Daemonaquila]

10. My bet is a false flag attack.

Notice that a little Molotov cocktail isn't going to do much actual damage.

[struggle4progress]

11. Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed, vandalized, police say

By CBS North Carolina
Published: October 16, 2016, 3:15 pm
Updated: October 16, 2016, 5:51 pm

... Graffiti that said “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” was spray painted in black paint on the side of a building next to the Republican headquarters, according to police.

That graffiti, which was also at 353 Ja-Max Drive, included a swastika and was discovered before 9 a.m. by a nearby business owner, officials said.

“The flammable substance appears to have ignited inside the building, burned some furniture and damaged the building’s interior before going out,” police said. “The substance was… in a bottle thrown through one of the building’s front windows” ...

http://wncn.com/2016/10/16/republican-hq-in-orange-county-firebombed-vandalized-police-say/

[struggle4progress]

12. Republican HQ in Orange County firebombed

OCTOBER 16, 2016 2:56 PM
BY JIM MORRILL

... The county is overwhelmingly Democratic. Democrats and independents outnumber Republicans 5-1.

Democrats condemned the bombing. “The attack on the Orange County HQ @NCGOP office is horrific and unacceptable, Hillary Clinton’s campaign tweeted. “Very grateful that everyone is safe.”

N.C. Democratic Party Chair Patsy Keever called the bombing “outrageous.”

“The North Carolina Democratic Party strongly condemns this attack,” she said. “Violence has no place in our political system … Our deepest sympathies are with everyone at the North Carolina Republican Party” ...

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.html

[struggle4progress]

13. ORANGE CO. GOP HEADQUARTERS BURNED, VANDALIZED

... Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, tweeted out a message Sunday afternoon, calling the incident "horrific and unacceptable" ...

Gov. Pat McCrory said in a statement: "The firebombing of a local political headquarters in Orange County is clearly an attack on our democracy. Violence has no place in our society - but especially in our elections. Fortunately no one was injured; however, I will use every resource as governor to assist local authorities in this investigation."

Hillsborough police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are investigating ...

http://abc11.com/news/orange-county-gop-headquarters-burned-vandalized/1557852/

[struggle4progress]

14. NC GOP office in Hillsborough damaged

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JENNIFER SAYLOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH 2016

WLOS — ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. ... State GOP director Dallas Woodhouse said no one was injured, but a security alert is being sent to party offices around the state ...

“Whether the bomb was meant to kill, destroy property, or intimidate voters, everyone in this country should be free to express their political viewpoints without fear for their own safety. We will be requesting additional security at all Republican Party offices and events between now and Election Day to ensure the safety of our activists, volunteers, and supporters,” said Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party ...

http://wlos.com/news/local/nc-gop-office-damaged-by-fire-nazi-graffiti

[struggle4progress]

15. Republican headquarters in North Carolina county firebombed

By Allen Cone
Oct. 16, 2016 at 4:40 PM

... "The office itself is a total loss," Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of state GOP told The Charlotte Observer. "The only thing important to us is that nobody was killed, and they very well could have been" ...

Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said law enforcement officials are 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. I believe I speak for the overwhelming majority of people who make Hillsborough their home. Acts like this have no place in our community."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/10/16/Republican-headquarters-in-North-Carolina-county-firebombed/4271476648430/

[winstars]

16. Yawn. Reichstag Fire anyone??? A boring attempt by them to create sympathy for 'pugs...

[Warpy]

19. I doubt it for a couple of reasons

First, we know most of them are utterly incompetent and bone lazy.

Second, Trumpo has pissed off one hell of a lot of people who aren't incompetent and bone lazy.

While it might be false flag, the probability is extremely low. They'd pick a blue state for that.

[struggle4progress]

20. Maybe. Maybe not. We don't know yet.

[struggle4progress]

17. North Carolina GOP office burned, graffiti sprayed nearby

Jonathan Drew, Associated Press Updated 4:39 pm, Sunday, October 16, 2016

... On Sunday afternoon, the walls of the multi-room office were covered in black char, and a couch against one wall had been burned down to its springs. Shattered glass covered the floor, and melted campaign yard signs showed warped lettering. The graffiti had been covered in paint by late afternoon ...

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us/article/North-Carolina-police-GOP-office-damaged-by-9974803.php

[struggle4progress]

18. I don't care who did this or why: I want them caught and jailed

[etherealtruth]

43. Yep!!! n/t

[struggle4progress]

21. Is the GOP violating NC election law?

NC Republican Office firebombed, 'Nazi' GOPers threatened in graffiti
Posted: Oct 16, 2016 6:27 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 16, 2016 6:27 PM EDT
By NBC News
... North Carolina Republican Party spokeswoman Emily Weeks told NBC News that the office is totally unusable and that materials inside, possibly including completed absentee ballots, may have been destroyed ...


Here's the law:

NCGS § 163-226.3. Certain acts declared felonies. (a) Any person who shall, in connection with absentee voting in any election held in this State, do any of the acts or things declared in this section to be unlawful, shall be guilty of a Class I felony. It shall be unlawful ... (6) For any person to take into that person's possession for delivery to a voter or for return to a county board of elections the absentee ballot of any voter, provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a voter's near relative or the voter's verifiable legal guardian ...

NCGS § 163-231. Voting absentee ballots and transmitting them to the county board of elections ... (b) Transmitting Executed Absentee Ballots to County Board of Elections. – The sealed container-return envelope in which executed absentee ballots have been placed shall be transmitted to the county board of elections who issued those ballots as follows: (1) All ballots issued under the provisions of this Article and Article 21A of this Chapter shall be transmitted by mail or by commercial courier service, at the voter's expense, or delivered in person, or by the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian and received by the county board not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the .. election ...

[LisaL]

22. That's very interesting.

Why would they have had completed absentee ballots?

[Divine Discontent]

24. Yeah, interesting. Add that to the BS going on in Indiana with the raid. crap is starting...

[LisaL]

25. Exactly. Absentee ballots should have been send to the board of elections. Not to RNC headquarters.

[blm]

31. I think this is a Dallas Woodhouse dirty trick, struggle. Anyone familiar with him should ask...

what is Woodhouse trying to cover up by puling this act?

[struggle4progress]

33. Whatever we may think doesn't matter as much as credible questions we could raise

There's no upside to going out on a limb claiming a dirty trick before we have real evidence for that

But if GOP folk are saying "We might have had absentee ballots there," then that would be a violation of NC election law we can legitimately ask about

[roamer65]

36. Sounds like electoral fraud to me.

Something that Rethuglicans are well known for.

[beachbum bob]

38. we don't need no stinkin laws....

[tenderfoot]

23. Here's a photo from the scene...

Huge fire.

[Jim Dandy]

26. Better start rounding up the religious minorities

[pintobean]

28. Back so soon?

[lindysalsagal]

32. I'm guessing, one lone, irrational nutjob. Someone will know who it was

in a small town. Let's not jump to conclusions: This only required one person.

[Red Mountain]

42. Hillsborough is a small town.....

with LOTS of recent new people.

Investigations of this sort of thing rely on the random tips of observant citizens.......wouldn't count on it in this case.

It's a commercial area that's accessible to an interstate highway and very likely deserted after dark.

[The Genealogist]

34. Whoever did it, this was flat out wrong

No idea who the perpetrator was. And, I don't care what party it is that was attacked. This is just plain wrong. I hope they find who did it an punish them appropriate..

[Ellen Forradalom]

45. Agreed. Despicable

And completely counterproductive

[beachbum bob]

37. hitler used bombings to rise to power, wouldn't put it past trump and his supporters

Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923.
The Reichstag Fire, 1933

[Ellen Forradalom]

44. Will wait for more facts to come out

It does look like it came straight out of the Nazi playbook, but we don't actually know yet.

[UTUSN]

47. Could the DRUMPF-sters be more obvious?!1 n/