UPDATE: The Strib confirms vandalism:
Also vandalized in similar fashion: U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Reps. Keith Ellison, John Kline, Michelle Bachmann and Jim Ramstad. Klobuchar and Ellison are Democrats; Coleman, Kline, Bachmann and Ramstad, Republicans.
Ellison's appears to be the only incident so far in which the home itself was vandalized. Campaign manager Larry Weiss said that Ellison's wife, Kim, went out this morning and found graffiti that said "Traitor. Resign now. Psalm 2" across the side of their corner home. The word "SCUM" was spraypainted above the garage door -- high enough, Weiss said, that the culprit probably would have needed a stepstool.
According to MDE, vandals have defaced the home of Michele Bachmann in addition to other elected officials including Senator Coleman.
The MInnesota DFL has issued this statement about the incident at Norm Coleman's home:
St. Paul (October 22, 2008) — Upon news reports of recent vandalism, Minnesota DFL Chair Brian Melendez released the following statement:
“I deplore and condemn the vandalism against the property of Senator Coleman and other Republican officeholders.
The immaturity and stupidity of these crimes should offend every citizen, regardless of politics. If Norm Coleman and the others are going to be held accountable for their poor stewardship, then it must be done the American way — at the ballot box and in public discourse, not in the dead of night with a can of spray paint. Whoever committed these cowardly crimes should step forward, confess, apologize, and take the consequences.”
I agree. Whoever is responsible for this attack must be brought to justice.
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