Group of Democrats create GoFundMe for firebombed NCGOP office, raise $13K in 40 minutes

A GoFundMe started by a group of Democrats meant to raise money to help the North Carolina Republican Party reopen their Orange County office that was firebombed and vandalized this weekend raised more than $13,000 in 40 minutes, according to the fundraising page. On October 16, a North Carolina headquarters of the Republican Party was firebombed , and an abhorrent threat was painted on its outside wall As Democrats, we are starting this campaign to enable the Orange County, North Carolina Republican office to re-open as soon as possible.

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A local Republican Party office in North Carolina was torched by a flammable device and someone spray-painted an anti-GOP slogan referring to "Nazi Republicans" on a nearby wall, authorities said Sunday. A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters overnight, according to a news release from the town of Hillsborough.

Unheralded NC Democrat’s Surge Threatens GOP’s Burr

Little-known former Democratic state legislator Deborah Ross is counting on public anger over the GOP political takeover of North Carolina to help her upset two-term U.S. Senator Richard Burr, a victory that could also help hand control of the U.S. Senate back to Democrats. Despite scant name recognition at the start of the election, Ross has pulled even with Burr in the polls in a state that is split almost evenly ideologically.