Vandalism of Democratic Offices Coincides with Health Care Vote

By GottaLaff

Racism. Homophobia. Baby killer. Poisoned. Repeal. Disbanding. These are all words that appear in my blog titles today. These are also words that pertain to the destructive behavior of the Republican party and the Tea Baggers.

Something is very wrong. The direction these people are taking this country is an unhealthy, dysfunctional, and dangerous one.

Now we can add "vandalized" to the list:

In recent days, several Democratic offices around the nation have also been vandalized. Although it’s unclear who the perpetrators are, all the incidents took place shortly before or after the House’s vote on health care yesterday:

– The glass front door of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ (D-AZ) Tuscon office was “smashed out” a “few hours after she voted in favor of health care reform.” Giffords’ spokesman C.J. Karamargin “said it was unclear if the glass had been shot out with a kind of pellet gun, if it had been kicked or smashed with an object. The door has been covered with plywood.”

– On the morning of March 19, someone threw a brick through the front window of Rep. Louise Slaughter’s (D-NY) Niagara Falls office. Monroe County Democratic Committee officials also said that a brick shattered the glass doors at their party’s headquarters in Rochester, NY on Saturday or Sunday.

Think Progress's Amanda Terkel has more. I wish she had less.