WASHINGTON: Authorities are probing after a Republican Party office in North Carolina was vandalised and set afire.
A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters, damaging the interior before burning out, according to a Sunday news release from the town of Hillsborough. The office was empty and no one was injured.
Also, someone spray-painted “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” on a nearby wall.
A tweet from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Sunday said the attack “is horrific and unacceptable.”
An hour later, Trump tweeted: “Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning.”
Trump dug deeper in his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the US election, saying on Twitter he believed the results were being “rigged” at many polling places.
His tweet came hours after his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, said Republicans would accept the outcome of the November 8 contest.
“The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD,” Trump tweeted.
Trump, who is trailing Clinton in opinion polls, did not provide any evidence to back his allegations.
{{/usCountry}}Trump, who is trailing Clinton in opinion polls, did not provide any evidence to back his allegations.
{{/usCountry}}SON-IN-LAW HELD TALKS TO SET UP TRUMP TV
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, informally approached LionTree Advisors Chief Executive Aryeh Bourkoff about setting up a Trump TV network after the presidential election, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing sources. Kushner contacted Bourkoff, one of the media industry’s top dealmakers, within the last couple of months, the FT reported, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.