Clinton Calls Attack On NC GOP ‘Horrific,’ Trump Blames It On Dem ‘Animals’

Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates had strikingly different responses to a Saturday night firebombing at local Republican Party office in North Carolina.

Hours after authorities announced that a bottle filled with flammable liquid destroyed the Orange County GOP’s headquarters, Hillary Clinton sent a tweet calling the incident “horrific and unacceptable.” The former secretary of state expressed relief that no one was injured in the overnight attack.

Donald Trump’s answer came later, and struck a different tone. Though the perpetrators have not yet been identified, the real estate mogul blamed “animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems” who he said burned the office “because we are winning.”

Graffiti reading “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” was scrawled on the building’s exterior.

Clinton is currently leading Trump 46.2 to 42.8 percent in the Tar Heel State, according to TPM’s PollTracker Average.

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. This is what happens when you let transgendered people use the wrong bathroom.

  2. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Nobody knows whodunit at this point. It is often useful to identify the enemy before going on attack.

  3. Oh, FFS! Please make him go away. I can’t take anymore of his bullshit and lies. :weary:

  4. This is a picture of me not believing it. Anyone who cares enough about this election would know how bad this makes the Dem side look. At least that’s what I’m seriously hoping

    Re pubs claim false flag operations on everything, so (again, I hope) this is one of their true believers who thought he’d pull some deep cover false flag of his own. Kind of like Ashley Todd.

    Please let it be that.

    EDIT: Should have read Josh’s original post.

    And "redneck Reichstag? Pure genius.

  5. So what’s the odds on a redneck Reichstag?

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

26 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for sysprog Avatar for old_curmudgeon Avatar for austinite Avatar for nowarino Avatar for bojimbo26 Avatar for trumpdog Avatar for frankly_my_dear Avatar for sickneffintired Avatar for breakingdeadmen Avatar for herringbone Avatar for progressiveoldman Avatar for theghostofeustacetilley Avatar for ignoreland Avatar for tao Avatar for suicide_arsonist Avatar for dickweed Avatar for pine Avatar for antisachetdethe Avatar for morrigan_2575 Avatar for firewing2 Avatar for joriep Avatar for proudbluegirl72 Avatar for maximus

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: