Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign headquarters in Tempe, Arizona, was shot up on Sept. 23. No one was injured but it’s the second time this month that the Democratic HQs there has been attacked. The first incident occurred just after midnight on Sept. 16, according to Axios. That night the windows of the building were shot out.
Here’s what happened on Monday, according to NBC News:
Tempe police said that officers responded Monday after calls from workers, and that they observed what appeared to be gunshots through the front windows of the office which is shared by staff members for the Arizona Democratic Party, the Harris campaign and Senate and House campaigns to boost turnout for the party in November. “No one was inside the office during the overnight hours, but this raises concerns about the safety of those who work in that building, as well as those nearby,” Public Information Officer, Sgt. Ryan Cook said in a statement Tuesday.
While we should be disgusted about the violence that’s defining the 2024 presidential race, we shouldn’t be surprised. Since being fired by voters in 2020, Trump has dedicated himself to saying and repeating the kind of dangerous lies designed to ratchet up the most unhinged, mostly–but not only–white folks who are his base. Between being found guilty of nearly three dozen counts of fraud in criminal court, and liable for rape and defamation in related cases where the plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll, was awarded more than $80 million, we know he didn’t have much time planning the great America he’s got his followers believing in. He said so himself, but smoothed over by assuring people he had “concepts of a plan.”