The Michigan Republican Party headquarters in Lansing was vandalized over the weekend, not long after the announcement of impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were made by President Donald Trump's administration.
While it is unknown if the message — f--- ICE was written in red spray paint across the front of the building — was left in connection to the planned raids, Michigan Republican Party Communications Director Tony Zammit told MLive.com that the office felt the message was directed to MIGOP Chair Laura Cox.
Cox is a former ICE agent who served in Detriot and then transitioned into politics. She was sworn in as the MIGOP chair in February.
"Over the weekend, @MIGOP was vandalized attacking my previous role as an @ICEgovagent.
This criminal act by the radical left will not intimidate me or my staff. @realDonaldTrump is working to fix the crisis at our border and this deserves serious discussion, not graffiti," Cox wrote on Twitter in response to the vandalism, including a photo of the message with her tweet.
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is a former MIGOP chair, retweeted Cox's message about the vandalism on Sunday, writing, "Instead of senseless vandalism and rhetoric comparing ICE detention facilities to concentration camps, Democrats should work to secure our border and reform our broken immigration system."
The investigation into who is responsible for the vandalism is ongoing.
