republican symbol destroyed
Posted on 07/30/2018 3:55:36 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Tim Saenger said he was “still in shock” Monday, days after a surveillance video showed the burning and destruction of the large elephant statue that had stood for decades outside his home in unincorporated Leyden Township.
Saenger said his father brought the statue from Wisconsin to Northlake in 1986.
It remains unclear why anyone would target the elephant, Saenger said.
“We don’t have enemies or beef with people,” he said. “Most like me and my family.”
Saenger said that people at times would associate the elephant with the Republican Party, and he hoped it wasn’t a politically motivated attack. Saenger said the statue has nothing to do with his family’s political ideology and said the statue was more of a “quirky” purchase made by his father.
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The people I knew frorm this area, tend to be close and clannish. (1980's)
I hope the locals find him first.
Democrats are capable of ANYTHING DESTRUCTIVE these days! You can BET it was political!
Of course is was politically motivated.
They burned a wooden statue of Lincoln in Illinois.
They burned a wooden statue of Lincoln in Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/674297/
I missed that one.
That said, Elmwood Park and Englewood might be on the same planet, but in different dimensions.
Another case of the Trump Derangement Syndrome. Just like the destruction of Trump’s star in Hollywood.
The Democrats need to be called out for all of the hate and violence they endorse. It’s time to declare that the Democrat party is a terrorist organization and they should be sued for the actions of their crazy supporters.
republican symbol destroyed
The claim there is Trump supporters did it. You have proof to the contrary?
The elephant was racist and approved of slavery.....
Wonder how long till they poison or shoot an elephant in a zoo? You know, for being a repub?
What could the motive possibly be??? A real brain teaser alright.
They were too cheap and/or too street smart to buy tickets to burning man?
I love how he blames Trump for the vandalism. Trump supporters are the last people in the world who would deface a presidential memorial, especially one of Lincoln or Washington.
The article says that it “appeared to be a person” on the video who walked up to the statue and set it on fire. If it wasn’t a person do they have any theories as to what else it might have been?
Aliens?
republican symbol destroyed
Why yes, that was a bit of memorabilia from Ripon Wisconson.
Priceless.
If it wasn’t a person do they have any theories as to what else it might have been?
A possible Russian robot.
West Englewood, Chicago
Demographics 2015[1]
• White 0.73%
• Black 93.16%
Not too many palefaces, over by there.
And fewer still after dark.
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