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Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganTrump Supporters Vandalize Northern Michigan Democratic Party Signs
Monday , 1, August 2016 Elections 2 Comments
Listening to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insult a gold star family, call Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the devil and allege she will rig the election in November (And it’s only August 1st!), has emboldened Trump supporters in Northern Michigan to vandalize Democratic Party signs in Lake and Emmet Counties.
In Emmet County, an Adopt-A-Highway sign was vandalized with a Trump campaign bumper sticker. The two-mile segment of highway on US 31 in Oden is maintained by the Emmet County Democratic Committee. In Lake County on Old M 63 the Lake County Democratic Party billboard east of Luther was also vandalized by Trump Supporters. A campaign sign for one of the Lake County Sheriff primary candidates was also spray painted with TRUMP in black spray paint.
People who do this don’t have their candidates’ best interests in mind. It never convinces anyone to change parties or the candidates they will vote for, and often convinces on the fence independent voters to support candidates for the party that suffered the vandalism. Usually people from both parties see something like this and consider the people responsible to have poor judgment and questionable intelligence. The only people who think it’s funny are the ignorant people who committed the criminal act.
The Lake County Democratic Party billboard is hand-painted. The Adopt-A-Highway sign in Oden is owned by the state of Michigan.
It is one thing to support a candidate running for election, but defacing the sign of an opposing party is not. It’s also illegal.
kathleen davis says: Not likely.. we don’t need to make Trump and his supporters look bad. They do a pretty good job for themselves.
Rob says: How do you know that it was Trump supporters who did it? Could have been Hillary supporters trying to make Trump and his supporters look bad. Unless you have proof who actually committed the criminal act, it’s hard to pin it on any group.