{"id":1515705,"date":"2022-06-14T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515705"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:34:16","slug":"political-terrorism-vandals-break-window-throw-lit-flare-into-office-of-washington-state-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-terrorism-vandals-break-window-throw-lit-flare-into-office-of-washington-state-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Political Terrorism\u2019: Vandals Break Window, Throw Lit Flare Into Office Of Washington State Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitical-terrorism-vandals-break-window-throw-lit-flare-into-office-of-washington-state-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515705&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two people were captured on video early Monday morning vandalizing the office of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-party\">Republican<\/a> state legislator in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington\">Washington<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Ring footage posted by Washington House Minority Leader J.T. Wilcox, the vandals can be seen approaching the office before one smashes a window with a hammer, then the other throws a lit flare into the office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly this morning a window was smashed and a lit flare was tossed into the office of my seatmate, Andrew Barkis.\u00a0 The building also houses the office of the House Republican election campaign.\u00a0 Fortunately the flare landed on a masonry floor and the building survived,\u201d Wilcox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtwilcox111\/status\/1536460651324878853\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Early this morning a window was smashed and a lit flare was tossed into the office of my seatmate, Andrew Barkis. The building also houses the office of the House Republican election campaign. Fortunately the flare landed on a masonry floor and the building survived. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pkdc7g0uiV\">pic.twitter.com\/pkdc7g0uiV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. JT Wilcox (@jtwilcox111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jtwilcox111\/status\/1536460651324878853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barkis\u2019 Olympia office is housed in the same building as the Washington Republican House campaign headquarters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolympian.com\/news\/state\/washington\/article262482707.html\">according<\/a> to The Olympian. The Washington State Patrol and the Olympia Police Department were informed of the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo out of 41 people having a felony committed in front of them or their property seems a little odd for five days,\u201d Wilcox said in an email, warning his fellow lawmakers to be on guard for unusual activity, The Olympian reported.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has 57 Democrats and 41 Republicans in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Representative Peter Abbarno (R-Centralia) heard shooting outside his home in Centralia, but it does not appear to have been related to the representative, <a href=\"https:\/\/chronline.com\/stories\/police-continue-to-investigate-shooting-in-centralia-bullet-hits-window-of-home,295245\">reported<\/a> The Chronicle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard three shots, just \u2018boom, boom, boom\u2019 and then [a car] just tore off,\u201d Abbarno said, pointing to increased crime in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s scary is that I spent the last two years as a legislator looking at this and arguing with them and now I am experiencing it firsthand and that is devastating,\u201d the lawmaker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following Monday\u2019s incident, Washington Republican Chairman Caleb Heimlich asked Democratic Governor Jay Inslee and Democrats to speak out against the act.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have consistently condemned political violence. Now I am waiting to see if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovInslee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovInslee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tinapo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tinapo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrKimSchrier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrKimSchrier<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PattyMurray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PattyMurray<\/a> and other Washington Democrats will condemn this heinous act of political terrorism committed this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dKF12FT7Tu\">https:\/\/t.co\/dKF12FT7Tu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Heimlich (@CalebHeimlich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebHeimlich\/status\/1536466664513892353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inslee later shared the video of the vandals, calling the situation \u201cabhorrent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re thankful no one was hurt. Hopefully law enforcement is able to identify these individuals before they inflict any more harm,\u201d the Democratic governor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Such attempts at violence are abhorrent. We\u2019re thankful no one was hurt. Hopefully law enforcement is able to identify these individuals before they inflict any more harm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cW3uhUdAAO\">https:\/\/t.co\/cW3uhUdAAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovInslee\/status\/1536505047344742400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were captured on video early Monday morning vandalizing the office of a Republican state legislator in Washington.\u00a0 On Ring footage posted by Washington House Minority Leader J.T. 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