Police are investigating what appears to be gunfire damage overnight at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The incident occurred just a few days before Harris is scheduled to visit Arizona as she campaigns for president.

“We can confirm that on 9/23/24, what appears to be damage from gunfire at … a DNC Campaign Office, was discovered,” the Tempe Police Department said in a statement to NBC News on Tuesday.

The office is shared by staff for the Arizona Democratic Party, the Harris campaign, and Senate and House campaigns, to boost turnout for the party in November.


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          7 months ago

          It’ll cause fear and people won’t feel safe working in that particular office likely. I know I wouldn’t.

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            This is a Harris campaign office in Arizona. If you are going to work there without knowing you’re in a place that will be targeted, you’re pretty naïve.

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              I don’t think everyone working there expected to be shot at. I don’t think it would deter me, being so awesome and whatnot, but I wouldn’t expect everyone to react that way.

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                I guess if I were going to a place like that every day in a state where it’s going to be hotly contested in an election year full of stochastic terrorism against the left, I would absolutely be ready for something like this.

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                  I’m surprised to see this getting down voted. The Trump cultists are a powder keg, I wouldn’t feel safe in any building associated with Democrats or the Harris campaign personally. It’s not really a surprise they are shooting out windows, these are pissed off people with guns who believe a bunch of crazy shit. If you’re working in a building like this and you didn’t consider this possibility then you are naive to the reality of what you’re up against.

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                Or are FlyingSquid a collective consciousness wielding more limbs for typing than any singular human?

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                7 months ago

                Do I need to, once again, explain how I’m very sick long-term and have very little energy and am stuck in a town where I don’t know anyone besides my family and I don’t have much else to do?

                Because I can go into more details, but it’s exhausting.