{"id":2007293,"date":"2023-08-21T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyclist-caught-on-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-at-night-for-something-even-worse\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T21:55:57","slug":"cyclist-caught-on-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-at-night-for-something-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyclist-caught-on-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-at-night-for-something-even-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist caught on camera vandalizing Trump sign, escalates actions at night."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fcyclist-caught-on-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-at-night-for-something-even-worse%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=2007293&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--><h2>Trump Supporter&#8217;s Lawn Sign Set \u2062on Fire by Cyclist<\/h2>\n<p>For a supporter of former President Donald Trump \u2062in North \u200dCarolina,\u2063 Trump Derangement\u2064 Syndrome hit home \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n<p>A sign he had on his lawn\u200d proudly declaring \u201cTrump won\u201d \u2014 \u2064an apparent reference to the \u200b2020 election \u2014 was set on fire \u2063last\u200b week \u2063by a cyclist whose actions under cover of darkness were caught on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">video camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And\u2062 thanks\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> and some reward money, \u2063he thinks he knows who the \u2063culprit is.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 reported Monday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/story\/on-cam-cyclist-burns-trump-won-sign-in-raleigh-man-s-yard\/21010625\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL-TV<\/a> in \u200cRaleigh, prominent Republican businessman John Kane had \u200dsome warning that his Trump sign was a target when\u200b video captured a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cyclist-caught-on-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-at-night-for-something-even-worse\/\" title=\"Cyclist caught on camera vandalizing Trump sign, escalates actions at night.\">male cyclist stopping<\/a> to\u200d kick \u2062at the placard in a \u200cscene\u200d recorded Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063kicks were not particularly damaging, but \u200dthings changed \u200din the next few days, when video captured what \u200dappeared to be the same man returning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">early morning hours<\/a> to light the sign on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Kane posted\u2064 video of both events on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-received-letter-stating-he-is-target-of-january-6-investigation\/\" title=\"Trump informed of being investigated for January 6 incident.\">social \u200dmedia\u2064 platform<\/a> formerly known as\u200b Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>He also \u200boffered a\u200c $1,000 reward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">$1,000\u2064 reward for the ID of this arsonist \u2013 help\u200d me make him a felon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trump?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trumpwon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trumpwon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ncpol?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ncpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g8JLoZSQ70\">pic.twitter.com\/g8JLoZSQ70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Kane (@johnmkane1776) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmkane1776\/status\/1692549167929835680?\">August 18, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 audacity \u2063of that is frightening,\u201d Kane told WRAL. \u201cThere are lots\u2064 of signs I see I don\u2019t care for. But I\u2019ve not set \u2062one on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Should the biker be prosecuted?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should the biker be prosecuted?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you \u2064to \u2063The Western Journal \u200bnews updates\u2064 free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree \u2064to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2062and \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (4 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, \u2062he told the TV station he already has replaced the sign.<\/p>\n<p>As the video \u200cgot attention, Kane got some help\u2063 with the reward \u2062from \u200dpro-Trump podcaster Tim Pool, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmkane1776\/status\/1692903026707538318?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered $5,000<\/a> \u2063for the \u2063arrest and conviction of the arsonist.\u2062 Conservative \u200bcommentator \u2062and activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-benny-johnson-travels-delaware-discovers-biden-see-every-time-goes-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benny\u200d Johnson<\/a> also said\u200d he would <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1692982808753455538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contribute $5,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All that money on offer might have paid off, as Kane said he now knows\u2062 the identity of\u200c the culprit, which published Sunday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmkane1776\/status\/1693378289035809241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> \u200bon X.<\/p>\n<p>The incident recalled the \u200cwidespread attacks on signs promoting \u200dthe Trump campaign during the 2016 and 2020 election seasons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/high-school-students-worked-together-create-pro-trump-display-blm-showed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in incidents<\/a> reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/punks-terrorize-pro-trump-supporter-vandalize-property-man-now-epic-surprise-waiting-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">around \u200dthe country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(For the record, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/01\/us\/political-sign-wars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> report from 2020 painted the picture of even-handedness,\u2064 with signs for Democrat\u200d Joe Biden\u200c being vandalized nationally,\u2063 too. Trump supporters\u2063 probably don\u2019t \u200cremember it that\u200d way.)<\/p>\n<p>More than\u200c a year\u200b out from\u200c the \u20642024 general election, it appears some liberals aren\u2019t waiting to make their feelings\u200c known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elections-chairman-resigns-getting-caught-stealing-defacing-trump-signs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about\u200d Trump signs<\/a> this time\u200c around \u2014 and he \u2064hasn\u2019t even won his party\u2019s nomination yet.<\/p>\n<p>But Kane isn\u2019t \u200dtaking this incident lightly.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s retained attorney James R. \u200dLawrence III, who\u200d served briefly as chief counsel of the Food and Drug Administration at the end of Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlawrencenc\/status\/1692949076684226934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> published Saturday on X, Lawrence said\u2064 \u201cthe owner\u200b of the burned sign in this video \u2026 \u2062has retained me to file a\u2062 lawsuit against this pyro-activist once he is identified.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Regardless of what the Wake County District \u200bAttorney\u2019s office does with this video, accountability \u200bis coming.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmkane1776?\">@Johnmkane1776<\/a>, the owner\u200d of \u2064the burned sign in this \u2064video, has retained me to file a lawsuit against \u2064this pyro-activist \u200donce he is identified. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/So7yCqd5su\">https:\/\/t.co\/So7yCqd5su<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James \u200bR. Lawrence III (@jlawrencenc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jlawrencenc\/status\/1692949076684226934?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAccountability is coming,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cyclist-caught-camera-kicking-trump-sign-returns-night-something-even-worse\/\">Cyclist \u2063Caught on Camera Kicking Trump\u2062 Sign, Returns at Night\u200d for Something Even Worse<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina Trump supporter experienced firsthand the effects of Trump Derangement Syndrome. A cyclist, under the cover of darkness, set fire to their &#8220;Trump won&#8221; sign on their lawn. 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