{"id":2227575,"date":"2024-04-22T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-republicans-district-office-vandalized-by-anti-israel-activists\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:00:40","slug":"texas-house-republicans-district-office-vandalized-by-anti-israel-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-republicans-district-office-vandalized-by-anti-israel-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas House Republican&#8217;s Office Vandalized by &#8216;Anti-Israel Activists"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftexas-house-republicans-district-office-vandalized-by-anti-israel-activists%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=2227575&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>Rep. John Carter&#8217;s district office in Georgetown, Texas, was targeted by anti-Israel activists \u200cwho vandalized the\u2062 premises. Despite the \u200dincident, the congressman remained resolute and unyielding. The vandalism, which included red paint splatters and pro-Gaza messages, was discovered by staff in the\u2063 morning. The\u200c authorities are conducting an investigation into\u2062 the matter, considering\u2064 it a serious act of vandalism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. John Carter\u2019s (R-TX) district office in Georgetown, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a>, was vandalized by \u201canti-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" title>Israel<\/a> activists\u201d on Monday morning, but the congressman said they were ultimately \u201cunsuccessful\u201d in intimidating him.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Carter\u2019s office said that around 8:30 a.m., staff arrived at the district office to find \u201ca disturbing act of vandalism\u201d after activists splattered red paint over the door. The words \u201cFree <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>\u201d were written on the concrete leading up to the entrance, as well. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIronically enough, our staff was scheduled for a safety briefing with [U.S. Capitol Police], so they arrived shortly after staff,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cLocal police were called, and a report was filed. There is an active investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Georgetown Police Department said in a press release that Carter\u2019s office estimated the cost of the damages to be around $2,000. The police classified the act as Criminal Mischief, which is a Class A misdemeanor. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Vandalism at Rep. John Carter\u2019s (R-TX) Texas district office as seen on Monday, April 22, 2024. (Georgetown Police Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carter called the activists \u201cunhinged\u201d but \u201cunsuccessful\u201d in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey aimed to intimidate me and my staff, and I want to make it very clear that they were unsuccessful,\u201d Carter said. \u201cI stand unequivocally with Israel. This isn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a>, it\u2019s a crime, and down here in Texas, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-officials-approve-petition-to-recall-progressive-l-a-county-d-a-gascon-signature-gathering-begins\/\" title=\"Election Officials Approve Petition To Recall Progressive L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n, Signature-Gathering Begins\">hold criminals accountable<\/a>. Whoever did this will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">held accountable<\/a> to the fullest extent of the law. I appreciate Georgetown Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police for their assistance and quick response to this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carter is the latest member of Congress to have their office or home vandalized or met with protesters who are calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Gaza. Rep. Adam Smith\u2019s (D-WA) home in Washington state was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2453346\/adam-smiths-residence-vandalized-by-protesters-calling-for-hamas-israel-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vandalized<\/a> in December last year. <\/p>\n<p>Staffers for Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), who is Jewish, said the New York City office was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/18\/congress-offices-palestinian-graffiti\" title>defaced<\/a> in November with pro-Palestinian slogans, including \u201cBLOOD ON UR HANDS.\u201d Sen. Martin Heinrich\u2019s (D-NM) office was also spray painted with phrases like \u201cHEINRICH STOP THE GENOCIDE\u201d and \u201cFREE PALESTINE\u201d on the windows and doors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. John Carter&#8217;s (R-TX) Georgetown, Texas district office was vandalized by &#8220;anti-Israel activists&#8221; on Monday. Despite their attempt to intimidate him, Congressman Carter remained unfazed. Staff discovered the vandalism, including red splatters, around 8:30 a.m., denouncing it as a disturbing act<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2227576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vandalism-768x1024.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vandalism-768x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}