Summary: A man was caught on video removing and destroying Harris-Walz signs outside an early voting site in Raleigh. The man claimed he was expressing his political beliefs, but removing or stealing political signs is considered theft and is a misdemeanor. Early voting continues through Saturday, with Election Day on Tuesday, November 5th.

  • Flying Squid
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    13224 days ago

    Damn it, if only he had gotten away with it, no one would have known she was running for president!

    • @[email protected]
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      8324 days ago

      i was going to vote harris, but i didn’t see any signs with her name on it, so i guess rapistconmanshitstaintraitor’s got my vote

      • Boozilla
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        3224 days ago

        I like candidates with signs that don’t get stolen!

        • @[email protected]
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          3024 days ago

          I like the ones that DO get stolen, because it’s an indication that they are that in-demand!

  • Rhaedas
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    6324 days ago

    The man claimed he was expressing his political beliefs

    You do that by voting. Dumbass. At least he didn’t attack volunteers inside like what’s happened in other places. I can’t understand people sometimes.

    “I didn’t mean to cause such a stink, but my understanding is that when signs are placed in public places, like on the road or on government land, it’s essentially litter and you’re allowed to pick them up if you want to,” the man said.

    Ignorance isn’t an excuse, and that excuse might be more believable if it was off on a road corner at a light or something. A sign in the ground at a voting area…could be litter? Really? Definitely a dumbass.

    • aramis87
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      3924 days ago

      Was he pulling out the Trump and local Republican signs too? No? Then he knew, he just didn’t want to get in trouble for what he did. Fucking cowards don’t have the conviction to actually stand up for their beliefs.

      • @[email protected]
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        723 days ago

        No, you see, BIG STRONG PATRIOTIC MEN wear diapers and whine like it’s way past naptime when they’re told “no.”

    • @[email protected]
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      423 days ago

      Their excuses are always just so cute. I’ve met 6yo’s that are better bullshitters. By this reasoning, STOP signs are litter and should be removed. Could make the same argument about billboards, which i would actually agree with.

  • @[email protected]
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    2724 days ago

    Bad faith arguments? Feigning benign ignorance? Lip service to accountability until he has to pay? He must be a trumpy voter

  • @[email protected]
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    2524 days ago

    In my country we have designated billboards where candidates get to put up their posters ahead of elections. Usually along roads, by malls, promenades, etc.

    Messing with those is election interference. Believe it or not, straight to jail!

  • @[email protected]
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    2424 days ago

    I thought Trump was a shoo-in? Christ knows that’s the message these people are getting over and over again, drummed into their heads so they can get good and pissed off when they’re told the truth.

  • @[email protected]
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    23 days ago

    "The man said Williams assaulted him by attempting to take the signs [that he’d illegally stolen] away from him, knocking his keys to the ground. He said it broke his key chain."

    The man who stole the signs actually sent me the rest of his statement that the WOKE news wouldn’t print, “I knew it could happen… I just didn’t think it could happen to me… I’m so sorry keychain of snoopy with a big exposed dick that I got in Mexico while trying to find underage prostitutes! This should not have come down on you, and for that I am eternally sorry”

    The man was last seen at a local Michaels craft warehouse, screaming across the aisles in anguish, tears streaming down his face, “Which one of these is snoopy dick glue? For fucks sake sometime help me!!!”

  • @[email protected]
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    1723 days ago

    That ought turn the tide in his favor. Some people might be forgetting who they were going to vote for while going to the polling places and the signs won’t be there to remind them.

    • @[email protected]
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      823 days ago

      “Shit, who was I voting for again? Harriet? Harold? Harburg? The other name started with a W or a V or something right? Oh wait, this guy’s name is Vance, that must be it. I’m voting for Trump & Vance, almost screwed that one up!”

    • @[email protected]
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      523 days ago

      That’s a pretty confident statement in the era of the “undecided” voter?

      And of course, it isn’t about memory, it’s about voter intimidation. You see this red hat brown shirt doing this shit publicly without remorse and it tells you he might break your window if you try to put a sign in your yard or break your fucking arm if he sees you with a Harris shirt in the streets.

      Giggle all you need to, but you’re talking around the point here.

      • @[email protected]
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        223 days ago

        Don’t worry buddy, I giggled all that I needed to and more. Lamest voter intimidation ever…giggle

  • @[email protected]
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    523 days ago

    What is the exclusion zone for campaign signs around a voting place in the US? The article makes it sound like they are right at the site? Or he carried the sign from somewhere else to destroy it on site?

    • @[email protected]
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      223 days ago

      I don’t know for sure but it must be state laws. I believe Georgia has has laws against it I know California does. It really creates so much needless nonsense and it would require the US congress to fix but the GOP has made that entire branch of government, practically, non-functional.

  • @[email protected]
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    523 days ago

    These signs were too close to balloting area right?

    Right guys?

    Straight to jail. Oh what am I saying, this is Raleigh, they’re going to give him an award.

    • @[email protected]
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      223 days ago

      You take that back! I’ll have you know he voted three times and would have voted even more times if his friend group had known the location of any other polling stations!

  • @[email protected]
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    423 days ago

    “When I shot him to defend the signs, I was expressing my political beliefs.”

    First amendment is cool, we can excuse anything with it.