A woman who set up a pop-up shop selling political signs had the ultimate response to a neighbor who complained. Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, from the swing state of Michigan, designed and professionally printed signs for Vice President after President exited the presidential race and endorsed her as the 's 2024 nominee. Sapiro Vinckier, 35, set up an honor store on her lawn, allowing people to take a sign and leave money.
She planned to donate the profits from the hot pink signs, which feature a reproductive rights symbol, to Harris' campaign fund. But, she told , "less than 24 hours later, a neighbor had put [a] folder in my mailbox." In shared to her account @nikkivinck on July 28, Sapiro Vinckier showed a huge blue folder sticking out of her mailbox, some of its hundreds of pages highlighted.
One highlighted section stated that only one sign was allowed per residence, so Sapiro Vinckier took action: She tied a string around each of the signs in her yard and connected them, technically making them one sign. And that wasn't all due to freedom of speech. The local code enforcement, who were contacted by the same neighbor, also came to Sapiro Vinckier's home, saw the multiple signs, and confirmed the same.
So, able to keep her signs, Sapiro Vinckier—who had sold all 25 at this point—ordered 200 more. She also left a note to the neighbor on her lawn, which she shared in a video update. The note sweetly thanked them for their "concern," calling it a "beautiful virtue," and warned.