Red Paint Attack on Collins Office Sparks Outrage Ahead of Election
A vandalism incident with a "blood on her hands" message hits the Maine office of Republican Sen. Susan Collins on the eve of Election Day, marking the second such attack in two months.
Sen. Susan Collins's constituent service office in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with red paint and graffiti on the eve of Election Day, a stark reminder for many voters of the volatile atmosphere surrounding the upcoming vote.
The graffiti included the message "BLOOD on her HANDS," and photos show red paint used to write "blood on her hands," marking the second vandalism incident at the Maine office within the last two months.
Collins, a Republican U.S. senator from Maine, is running in a tight race to hold on to her Senate seat, a situation that many see as a test of the current political climate.
Original reporting
Fox News
Susan Collins' Maine Senate office vandalized with 'disturbing' graffiti on night before Election Day
Susan Collins' Biddeford, Maine, office was hit with red paint and the message "BLOOD on her HANDS," marking the second vandalism incident in a month.
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Collins’s Maine office vandalized on eve of election
A federal constituent service office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was vandalized overnight for the second time within the last two months as the incumbent winds down a tight race to hold on to her seat. Photos obtained by NewsNation show red paint was used to write “blood on her hands” and was also splashed…
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Sen. Susan Collins's constituent service office in Biddeford, Maine, was vandalized with red paint and graffiti on the night before Election Day.
- The graffiti included the message "BLOOD on her HANDS," according to Fox News.
- Photos obtained by NewsNation show red paint used to write "blood on her hands," according to The Hill.
- It was the second vandalism incident at the Maine office within the last two months, according to Fox News and The Hill.
- Susan Collins is a Republican U.S. senator from Maine.
- The vandalism occurred on the eve of Election Day / overnight.
- Collins is running in a tight race to hold on to her Senate seat, according to The Hill.
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