COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of dollars' worth of damage was done to campaign signs outside of Boone County Republican Headquarters on Tuesday morning after multiple signs were spray painted with hate symbols. Party officials say the incident occurred in the morning between 6:30-9 a.
m. A total of 15 signs were spray painted, at least three of which included swastikas and homophobic slurs. Eight signs were also destroyed with several others stolen.
Boone County COP Chair Lisa Gore estimates the vandals have done roughly $500 worth of damage to signs throughout this election cycle. “I honestly was not surprised. I think there's been a lot of inflammatory rhetoric on both sides.
And so when this happened, this is one of the things that they've been saying about Trump, is that he's a Nazi or they've been saying that he's garbage or that we're all garbage if we support Trump,” Gore said. “I felt like it was a sign that Trump is living -- or we are also living -- rent-free in the head of the person who's doing this.” State Rep.
Cheri Toalson Reisch (R- Hallsville) -- who is running for the Boone County commission northern district seat -- says there is footage from two cameras of a possible vehicle that was involved. They are working with the Columbia Police Department to try and find an angle of the vehicle's license plate. “I'm not surprised, but people shouldn't act like this.
They shouldn't do this. They shouldn't bother other people's property. If they don't like it.