Gravestone Of Hillary Clinton’s Father Toppled In Possible Act Of Vandalism

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Police are looking into whether vandals knocked over the headstone on the grave of Hillary Clinton’s father, the Scranton Times-Tribune reported Wednesday.

Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano told the newspaper that the the department received a report that Hugh Rodham’s headstone had been toppled Tuesday morning in Washburn Street Cemetery. He suggested that vandals may have tipped it over.

No other headstones in the cemetery were reported to have been knocked over, police told local TV station WNEP.

The stone was put back in place Tuesday afternoon, according to the Scranton Times-Tribune.

The incident came shortly after Clinton announced her 2016 presidential campaign on Sunday.

h/t Reuters

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  1. “Possible Act Of Vandalism”

    Possible? Really? No! Cruz used his steal trap brain and tipped of over with telekinetic projection!

  2. Avatar for clk clk says:

    Vandalism vs professional gravestone topplers, or maybe it was Hillary herself just to get her name in the headlines. Reportedly, they don’t know???

  3. Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano told the newspaper that the the department received a report that Hugh Rodham’s headstone had been toppled Tuesday morning in Washburn Street Cemetery. He suggested that vandals may have tipped it over.

    Ya think? Or maybe Hugh had a bad case of gas?

  4. Avatar for enon enon says:

    so… this is what hatred and fear of hillary clinton has produced – desecration of gravesites. for when bricks thru office windows just isn’t enough. this is a whole new level of political vandalism.

  5. I blame the left. Hugh Rodham was a white Christian male. It’s open season on them, according to Bill O’Reilly.

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