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Ever wondered who was the first Super model ever?The tragic and heart breaking real-life story of the world's first supermodel.When Gia Carangi's life is remembered at all, it is remembered as a tragedy. Though she is acknowledged as the world's first true supermodel, her short life and her tragic demise mean that her name isn't as widely known as you'd expect from someone who had achieved such a feat. Born in 1960, Carangi's face was all over magazines by the time she was in her late teens. Less than a decade later, she was dead.Carangi is credited with originating the "heroin chic" look that ruled the fashion world in the 90s. Her story, when told today, is often shared as a cautionary tale of the dangers of drugs, but there is so much more to Carangi than her wild girl ways. Carangi was not just devastatingly beautiful, but also had a beautiful, sensitive soul. Her life was even more tragic than many people know, marked by heartbreak and an unhappy childhood.Her career started when she was quite young.Carangi was just a teenager when she started modeling for Gimbels department store. "We had always used regular models and then somebody decided we should try $10-an-hour models and just have a cattle call," photographer Michael Ahearn told Philadelphia. "Most of the people were just so awful and then along comes this little girl — she must've been 14 — and she was wonderful. She was always late, always had some excuse. But I used her as much as I could."In a time when blue-eyed blondes ruled the industry, Carangi's darker features made her stand out. By the time she was 18, she had landed an ad for Versace and was pulling in $100,000 per year (valued at more than $350,000 in 2019 taking inflation into account). It seemed that her future was made. Little did people know that Carangi's seemingly good fortune would instead mark the beginning of a nightmare that would end in tragedy.She had a troubled relationship with her familyFor a while, it seemed like Carangi was living in a fairy tale. Not only was she poised to become a successful model, but her career also helped her to escape an unhappy childhood. Carangi's father was volatile and abusive towards her mother, who eventually left the family when Carangi was 11. The only girl in the family, Carangi would spend much of her adolescence seeking her father's approval."My Dad was always working, and when he was around he paid more attention to my brothers," she wrote in her journal (via a biography, Thing of Beauty). "I would try to get his attention and he would reject me by putting me down, making fun of me, teasing me. He would do this in front of my brothers. I felt like they were better than me and the only difference was they were boys. I feel my father never gave me what I needed growing up which was love, understanding, time... he never gave me the time of day."Her mother was uncomfortable with her attraction to womenCarangi's relationship with her mother was also tense. In adolescence, Carangi found herself attracted to another girl. When her mother found out, she sent her teenage daughter to a therapist in hopes that she would overcome her attraction to women. Carangi's mother was convinced that her daughter's sexuality was just a phase. "It's very difficult for me to relate to all that because I don't have feelings or inclinations that way," Carangi's mother said in Thing of Beauty. "I can really say that I can accept a person no matter what their sexual preferences are, but I simply can't identify with that."In order to please her mother, Carangi went to see the therapist. Fortunately, rather than trying to "cure" Carangi, as might have happened years prior when same-sex attraction was classified as a mental illness, Carangi's therapist instead told her that there was nothing wrong with her feelings and helped her become more confident with her sexuality.David Bowie influenced her in more ways than oneCarangi was greatly influenced by music and fashion icon David Bowie. She and many of her friends emulated his androgynous style. It was a style that would continue to define Carangi's personal look for the rest of her life. However, it was more than just Bowie's style that enraptured Carangi. She was also drawn to him as a symbol of rebellion and countercultural values. Bowie, who was himself bisexual, was an LGBTQ role model in a time where many LGBTQ celebrities kept their sexuality a secret.Carangi's devotion to Bowie didn't impress her family. Her stepfather, Henry Sperr, said in Thing of Beauty that Bowie had seemed to change Carangi. "She got a Bowie haircut and that changed her personality completely," he said. "She seemed like a sweet, young little kid before, and then afterward... well, you know, it probably had something to do with the drugs. She would be disrespectful, she would be constantly fighting, just over nothing. And she'd be very rebellious."A history of sexual assault left her traumatizedSome of those who knew Carangi remember her as angry. If she was angry, she had good reason to be. Throughout her life, Carangi suffered through a number of sexual assaults, the trauma of which never truly left her. A friend of hers, Rob Fay, revealed some of the horrors of Carangi's life in Thing of Beauty."She had a rough time with a lot of men in her life," said Fay. "There were times in New York when people just took advantage of her. I guess you wouldn't really call it rape because she wasn't screaming, but there were a lot of times when that happened when she didn't want it to happen. But being as high as she was, you can't argue, you don't even know what planet you're on. Something like that happens, it's just 'Oh, well, it's part of the scene.'"Not all of the assaults Carangi suffered were dismissed as "part of the scene," though. Fay added, "She had been raped a few times. Date rape, or whatever you want to call it. She had a lot of anger about that."She viewed herself as boringIn spite of the fame and the money (or perhaps, in part, because of it) Carangi never managed to fully escape the deep unhappiness that was a constant presence in her life. The world viewed her as a once-in-a-generation beauty and also as a style icon, but Carangi was less convinced of her appeal. Even as a young girl, however, her friends saw her as a magnetic presence."That was the thing you have to remember about Gia," a friend of hers told Philadelphia. "She had grown into a very exotic-looking, very special girl. She could just sit in a chair and smile and she was automatically the center of attention. She had charisma. She wasn't extremely smart — in fact she always believed herself to be extremely dull. She always used to say, 'People look at me and they think I'm this beautiful thing and I must be extremely hot... and what they don't know is that I'm extremely boring.'"Modeling was far from a dream careerAccording to Carangi's friend, Sharon Beverly, Carangi didn't enjoy modeling at all. "Gia hated the business from the beginning," she told Philadelphia. "She felt like a piece of meat. I know it's an old cliché, but that's what she always said. She just wasn't cut out for the business, she was too sensitive for it."Other friends speculated that Carangi became a model to please her mother. "She knew her mother wanted her to be a model," said a friend. "And she knew it was her destiny." The friend added that they believed Carangi had been happier living at home and working in her father's hoagie shop. Carangi, however, had other aspirations outside of modeling and the family business. She was interested in photography, and took some classes at NYU until her busy schedule forced her to drop out. She also had plans to "make a big splash in film" as a cinematographer.She hoped to one day get married and have childrenAnother of Carangi's dreams was to get married and start a family of her own. Her friends, as well as her journal entries, reveal that Carangi was a deeply passionate woman, quick to fall in love. "Gia just loved women and she fell for them whether they were straight or gay," a high school friend told Philadelphia.While Gia was quick to fall in love, she also desperately wanted to be loved herself. "Gia was prone to needing someone around all the time," a former partner said. "Sometimes it was almost like she needed a baby sitter."A woman who did not return the affection Carangi had for her said that the model was searching so hard for love that she would sometimes fall for anyone who was kind to her, whether they were attracted to women or not. "I think she mistook caring as sexual," she said. "She needed people so badly that she pushed them away by putting expectations on them they couldn't possibly fulfill.""When you're young… it's hard to differentiate between what is real and what is not real"Would Carangi's life have turned out happier if her circumstances had been a little bit different?It's hard to say. Her youth at the launch of her career no doubt contributed to her later problems. The industry can be difficult on models, particularly when they are as young and impressionable as Carangi was when she was just starting out. In 1982, Carangi was profiled as part of a 20/20 report on the modeling world which highlighted Carangi as an example of the "dark side" of the industry."When you're young... you know, it's hard to make the difference between what is real and what is not real," Carangi said. "There's a lot of vultures around you." Carangi also talked about how she got hooked on drugs, saying that it "creeps up on you." She added, "It catches you in a world that's, you know... none that anyone will ever know except someone who's been there."Losing her mentor caused her to grow more dependent on drugsCarangi had already been using drugs when her mentor, Wilhelmina Cooper, died in 1980, but the loss of Cooper caused her addiction to spiral out of control. Cooper had signed Carangi to her modeling agency in 1978 and also took the young model under her wing."I don't know what is happening in my life, nothing seems or feels right to me," Carangi wrote in her journal (via A Sketch of the Past). "I want to live so bad. But I'm so terribly sad. I wish Wilhelmina didn't die. She was so wonderful to talk to about work. I cry every day for a little while. I wish I knew what to do... I pray that things fall into place." Carangi's biographer, Stephen Fried, told the Chicago Tribune that Cooper's death put Carangi "over the edge," calling Cooper her "surrogate mother."Other models were nasty to her, contributing to her depressionThe industry wasn't kind to Carangi. Instead of finding camaraderie with her fellow models, she instead felt shunned by many of them. Their treatment of her contributed to her loneliness and left her depressed. "The other models seem to resent me," she wrote after a photo shoot in her datebook (via Philadelphia). "Is it jealousy or [are] all girls just like that... I get the feeling a few of them would like to pull my hair out. Why don't I get those feelings toward other girls... sometimes they say things that are quite nasty and rude. I think it is a terrible part of the human race, a real flaw. I thought we were all suppose to love one another... "Another of Carangi's datebook entries elaborated more on her feelings of isolation. She wrote, "... here I sit... feeling very set apart from the other humans but I am finally really starting to dig being different. Maybe I am discovering who I am. Or maybe I'm just stoned again."She was eventually blacklisted, bringing an end to her modeling careerPerhaps even more tragic than the fact that Carangi died so young was that she died in relative obscurity. At the end of Carangi's life, she was virtually on her own, unable to get clean. While she was an A-list celebrity just a few years earlier, Carangi's continued drug use eventually brought in end to her career. Not only was she volatile and difficult to work with, but her frequent drug use had also scarred her skin leaving her arms covered in needle marks. Towards the end of her life, when she was sober enough to work, she worked in a shopping mall selling jeans and as a checkout clerk at a nursing home cafeteria."She reached her peak in 1980 but continued to work on and off through 1984, when she was finally blackballed," her biographer, Stephen Fried, told the Chicago Tribune. "She'd make money and then disappear into drug use. She tried rehab programs, but they didn't work. Her family tried to help her, but they couldn't. By 1985 she was broke, was still using drugs and had AIDS. She died, homeless, in November 1986."Her death helped changed the public's view of AIDSAt the time of Carangi's death, the public still understood very little of AIDS. It was viewed primarily as a "gay" disease, spread by sexual contact. The year before Carangi's death, the New York Daily News (via Vice) revealed that nearly half the respondents in a poll they conducted believed that those suffering from AIDS should be quarantined. Celebrities such as Carangi and actor Rock Hudson, who revealed he had AIDS in 1985, just a few months before it killed him, helped to change the face of the illness.At the time of Carangi's death, things were starting to change, and her death helped raise awareness about how AIDS is spread. The model contracted the illness through drug use, debunking the myth that AIDS was restricted to gay men. By the late 1980s, the world had become more sympathetic to sufferers of AIDS, spurring fundraising efforts and government funding.Cindy Crawford's career took off because people saw her as a "replacement" for CarangiEven after Carangi's drug use made working with her next to impossible, the industry still wanted her face on magazines. Though Carangi herself was no longer popular, her look was still very much in demand. This helped give rise to the career of another famous supermodel, Cindy Crawford, whose career was taking off in the mid 1980s. Crawford looked enough like Carangi that the industry began to see her as a substitute for the first supermodel, calling her "baby Gia." Crawford landed on the cover of Vogue in 1986, the same year Carangi died."Everyone had loved Gia," she told Vanity Fair. "So that's how I got in. In one day, I saw Avedon, Scavullo, Patrick Demarchelier, Rico Puhlmann — all the big photographers at the time. The Vogue cover was like the stamp of approval. And from that came Revlon and all the other great things."Angelina Jolie almost turned down playing her because she didn't want to "be that open"Although Angelina Jolie famously played Carangi in the 1998 HBO adaptation of her story in the film Gia, the actress was reluctant to take on the role. When first offered the role, she turned it down because she didn't want to portray such a troubled person, believing that the role would "really mess with me and drive me a bit nuts to be that open.” Jolie told the the New York Times that she initially "hated" Carangi when researching her life.After getting to know more about Carangi and her life, however, Jolie started to change her mind. While filming, she began to identify more with the supermodel, and gained a deeper appreciation for her talent and what she had gone through in her life. "Oh, God," she said about her changing views on Carangi. ”I'd like to date Gia. I'd want to be her lover.”This is a cruel cruel world out there.GIA CARANGI.Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live.[1]Photo credit : [2]Article originally written by CHRISTINE-MARIE LIWAG DIXON, ReadMore: The tragic story of the world's first supermodelGia - WikipediaFootnotes[1] Gia - Wikipedia[2] Gia Marie Carangi - Page 2 - Gia Marie Carangi

Yes, there have been hundreds of violent assaults(mostly on youngsters and the elderly) by mentally ill leftists who have been whipped into a frenzy of fact free narrative and indignant rage.Being a Jew I became very familiar with being mistreated, discriminated against and even physically threatened based on wearing a head covering that reflected my beliefs and affiliation so I’ll tell you what I tell my son.When the cap goes on your head the pistol goes on your hip, period2020.02.21 – IN: Indiana couple drove boys with Trump flags off road: police2020.02.12 – TN: Woman Punches Man in the Face at His Birthday Party Because His Red Cap Looks Like a MAGA Hat2020.02.11 – NH: Man Assaults 14-Year-Old Boy for Wearing MAGA Hat at New Hampshire Primary, Police Say2020.02.10 – NM: New Mexico GOP Headquarters Vandalized2020.02.08 – FL: Man drives van into Republican party tent at Walmart parking lot in Sandalwood2020.02.08 – CA: Humboldt County Republican HQ was attacked for the 6th time in 2 years. Windows were broken, rocks thrown, liquid was poured on merchandise. Man was arrested after attempting to flee and engaging in a struggle with police. He was booked on suspicion of burglary, felony vandalism, attempted arson, resisting arrest and providing a false name.202.02.07 – CA: College Republicans tabling at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Feb. 7, 2020, were accosted by passersby who ripped their signs, spit on their Betsy Ross flag, tussled with them physically, and yelled obscenities2020.02.08 – CA: A man set fire to two American flags in the bed of a pickup truck at an Orange County high school, and is facing felony arson charges2020.02.06 – FL: Cane sword-wielding man arrested after being accused of threatening Trump supporters2020.01.20 – FL: Florida man stabs and kills Trump-loving boss in fight, deputies say2019.11.18 – NC: Young Democratic Socialists member Sprays Paint into Eyes of Conservative on NC State Campus2019.10.31 – MI: University of Michigan Student Destroys Turning Point USA Recruiting Table2019.10.25 – FL: Florida man sentences to 90 days for battery in connection with spitting, hitting man’s MAGA hat2019.10.17 – TX: Veteran who attended Trump rally was attacked while leaving rally and walking to his truck2019.10.10 – MN: Outside of Trump Rally, Video of 10 Separate Violent Incidents of Hate Against Trump Supporters2019.10.10 – MI: University of Michigan student has MAGA hat stolen off his head2019.10.04 – NV: University of Nevada, Reno Police: Student Arrested for Attacking Campus Conservatives2019.09.11 – NC: Trump supporter targeted in multiple car vandalism cases2019.09.02 – CA: Man in ‘MAGA’ hat assaulted in California restaurant bathroom; suspect arrested, police say2019.08.24 – OR: Man and woman are arrested outside bar for attacking MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporter who was on a date night with his wife2019.08.20 – OR: Man receiving death threats over GOP Headquarter security camera donation2019.08.19 – CA: Shortly after an ice cream social at the East Valley Republican Women Headquarters, the building was egged. In the past, the building has had windows broken and surveillance cameras destroyed.2019.08.17 – OR: Antifa Protesters Mace, Beat Elderly Man Unconscious2019.08.01 – NY: NYC man was beaten for wearing MAGA hat2019.07.01 – TN: McDonald’s manager attacked with stun gun, pulled out of drive-thru window, “because he voted for Trump he deserved this”2019.06.23 – CA: Vandals attacked Roberge Jewelry in Palm Springs and spray painted “Impeach Trump”, “Anyone but Trump 2020” and “Free the Kids” on top of the store’s controversial displays2019.06.04 – UK: Pro-Trump Protesters has MAGA hat thrown in horse poo2019.06.04 – UK: Protestors chanting ‘Nazi scum’ throw milkshake on Trump fan moments after Corbyn’s anti-hate speech2019.06.04 – UK: An elderly supporter of the US president is pushed to the ground during anti-Trump protests in London.2019.05.03 – AZ: Conservative Jewish Student ‘Forced to Go Into Hiding’ After Admitting She Voted for Trump2019.06.02 – CA: Leftist Attacks Trump Supporters at Pro 2nd Amendment Rally in L.A.2019.06.02 – Daily Beast Doxx Trump Supporter Behind Viral Video of Nancy Pelosi2019.06.02 – CA: Assault at L.A Trump Supporter Street Rally2019.05.30 – D.C.: Theater cancels Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain’s pro-Trump performance over ‘threats of violence’2019.05.16 – CA: For sixth time, Republican HQ hit by ‘random’ vandalism in Humboldt County, California2019.05.01 – TX: Four Texas State University students were arrested Wednesday after a conservative student says one of them grabbed a “Make America Great Again” hat off his head and later kicked it as it lay on the ground.2019.04.30 – D.C.: Two men grab MAGA from the head of a man and harass a group of Trump supporters.2019.04.15 – WA: Surveillance video shows a conservative student trying to escape a fellow student she said is trying to run her down with his car. The woman said the two got into a heated discussion about her politically conservative views.2019.04.15 – MD: Immigrant from Togo pummeled by 2 men for wearing ‘MAGA’ hat2019.04.14 – PA: Antifa, others threaten Candace Owens event at U. Pennsylvania2019.04.11 MO: – Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles is attacked by student protestors while giving a speech at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Protestors rushed the stage and squirted a bleach-like substance at him and his crew.2019.04.11 – NY: ‘Model’ Assaults #WalkAway Founder Brandon Straka at the Airport for Wearing a MAGA Hat2019.04.08 – UT: High School Student Hospitalized After Vandal Pepper Sprays Venue for Conservative Group TPUSA Event2019.04.06 – CA: A Hispanic Trump supporter was attacked and called a racist at a post office by a customer who was triggered by her “Make America Great Again” hat2019.04.01 – CA: California Woman Spazzes Out, Tries to ‘Shame’ Elderly Man in MAGA Hat at Starbucks2019.03.28 – CA: Shattered Window at Humboldt’s Republican Headquarters Again!2019.03.25 – PA: Arsonist Torched Woman’s Car Because Cardboard Cutout of Trump Was Inside2019.03.23 – LA: Tulane University Student, Who Was Doxed For Being A Young Americans For Liberty member, Had His Dorm Room Door Set On Fire2019.03.17 – ID: Man assaulted for wearing a MAGA hat at a St. Patrick’s celebration2019.03.16 – CA: During Trump Flag waving rally man was hit in the head with a soda can filled with Bong water [video]2019.03.15 – NM: Vandals spray-paint the word ‘traitors’ on Republican headquarters building2019.03.12 – AZ: Woman admitted to slashing tire over MAGA hat seen inside SUV2019.03.07 – VA: Virginia Teacher Wraps Trump Flag Around Student’s Neck2019.03.07 – FL: Video shows bus aide pulling ‘Make America Great Again’ hat off teen’s head2019.03.02 – TX: Woman assaulted at a bar for wearing a MAGA hat2019.02.26 – OK: Trump Supporting High School Student Cornered, Harassed, had Hat Knocked Off and Flag Stolen2019.02.25 – NJ: 81-year-old Trump supporter assaulted over his MAGA hat at a supermarket2019.02.21 – MA: Woman Attacked Trump Supporter for wearing a MAGA Hat at a Restaurant2019.02.21 – CA: While recruiting for a conservative group at UC Berkeley a leftist thug comes & assaults activist, punching him in the face & hitting him repeatedly2019.02.17 – KS: Vans Store Employee Fired After Telling 14-year-old ‘f*ck You’ for Wearing MAGA Hat2019.02.17 – KY: A Tennessee Man Was Arrested And Charged After He Pulled A Gun On A Man Who Was Wearing A Make America Great Again Hat Inside Sam’s Club2019.02.12 – NY: Conservative students at SUNY-Oswego receive death threats for set up a table with signs promoting President Donald Trump’s southern border wall2019.02.08 – MD: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway revealed that a woman has been charged for grabbing and shaking her while Conway was eating out with her teenage daughter in Bethesda, Maryland.2019.01.19 – D.C.: Pro-Trump Journalist Owen Shroyer presses charges against a woman who grabbed his genitals on camera during the 2019 Woman’s March in Washington D.C.2019.01.18 – D.C.: Tens of Thousands of Threats Including Death Threats Were Made Against The Covington Catholic School Students2018.11.28 – VT: Trump supporter wakes up to burned flag on Vermont porch2018.11.13 – AZ: Man wearing MAGA hat assaulted while walking downtown Tucson2018.11.05 – OH: Building targeted in bomb threat cleared ahead of visit from President Trump2018.11.03 – FL: Gillum (D-FL) intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans2018.10.31 – MI: Traverse City GOP office evacuated for bomb threat2018.10.31 – MI: Grown Woman Threatens Violence Against 11-Year-Old over Trump Halloween Costume2018.10.29 – FL: Shots Fired into South Daytona Republican Party Office2018.10.25 – IA: Johnson County Iowa Republicans Headquarters vandalized2018.10.24 – N.J. GOP Congressional Candidate Receives Letter Threatening His Children2018.01.23 – CA: Boulder thrown through Republican Kevin McCarthy’s office window2018.10.19 – NY: New York Man Charged With Threatening Two Republican Senators Over Kavanaugh Support2018.10.17 – NV: Dem operative for Soros-funded group arrested for ‘battery’ against Nevada GOP candidate’s campaign manager2018.10.17 – TN: Restaurant owner’s life threatened for renting space to GOP’s Marsha Blackburn2018.10.16 – NM: Comedian George Lopez Charged With Battery … After Trump Joke Triggers Fight2018.10.15 – MN: Republican State Representative Sarah Anderson confronted a man for kicking her campaign sign when he charged at her2018.10.15 – MN: Republican candidate for Minnesota House seat suffered a concussion after a man punched him in the face at a Benton County restaurant2018.10.12 – NY: Vandals Smash Windows, Deface Doors of Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan2018.10.12 – AZ: A Republican campaign office was reportedly vandalized in Mesa, Arizona2018.10.10 – CT: Stanford College Republicans President John David Rice-Cameron Assaulted at Pro-Kavanaugh Event2018.10.10 – WA: A truck with ‘Trump 2020’ bumper stickers was set on fire2018.10.07 – CO: Republican Sen. Gardner claims wife received a beheading video through text message2018.10.06 – IL: Republican headquarters in Rockford vandalized with word ‘rape’ because of Kavanaugh hearings2018.08.03 – TX: 2 hospitalized after exposure to powdery substance at Cruz’s Houston campaign office2018.10.02 – D.C.: GOP Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) assaulted by protesters2018.09.11 – CA: Man Tries To Stab California GOP Candidate For Supporting Trump2018.09.06 – WY: Wyoming GOP office set on fire in apparent arson2018.08.29 – NC: Gay #BlackForTrump Supporter, wearing a #TeamTrump shirt & a MAGA hat, was sucker punched at the local club2018.08.28 – CA: Student Arrested and Charged for Stealing Another Students MAGA Hat and Smacking Teacher2018.08.19 – Dad Dares Daughter To Knock Off Dude’s MAGA Hat For 100 Bucks. And She Does It!2018.08.14 – CA: Punk Rock Frontman Jumps Off Stage, Attacks Trump Supporter In Middle Of Concert…2018.08.06 – FL: Vandals throw dead fish on Lee Co. Republican headquarters2018.08.07 – CA: Humboldt Republicans headquarters vandalized2018.08.06 – PA: Antifa Protesters Attack Charlie Kirk & Candace Owens in Philadelphia Restaurant2018.08.04 – PA: Man parks his car with Trump sticks in Philadelphia. When he returns he find all 4 tires slashed and serious dents all over.2018.08.01 – MA: Woman enraged by Trump bumper sticker intentionally rammed into car, police say2018.07.26 – KY: Fayette County GOP headquarters vandalized2018.07.26 – CA: Trump Supporters Attacked At Donald Trump’s Walk Of Fame Star2018.07.22 – MA: Republican opponent of Elizabeth Warren, Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai, was Attacked by Elizabeth Warren supporter2018.07.18 – CA: Leftist Mob Hurls Feces At Pro-Trump Kosher Coffee Shop2018.07.18 – WA: Leftist Assaults Teen Trump Supporter For Wearing MAGA Hat2018.07.13 – UK: In London, pro-Trump counter-protesters hit with abuse, some violence2018.07.13 – CA: 76-year-old Man Assaulted by Anti-Trump Thug, 36-year-old Attorney Benjamin Siminou, in San Diego2018.07.09 – VA: Longtime Hillary Clinton aide publishes contact information about bookstore owner who stopped the harassment of Steve Bannon in order to harassed the bookstore owner2018.07.06 – IL: Brick Thrown Through Front Door Of Wheeling Township Republican Headquarters2018.07.06 – NY: Man threatened to kill supporters of Trump, GOP congressman outside campaign office, police say2018.07.04 – FL: Homeowner says he was attacked over President Trump flag in yard2018.07.04 – TX: 16 Year Old Teen Attacked for Wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ Hat2018.07.03 – NE: GOP office windows smashed, ‘ABOLISH ICE’ spray-painted on sidewalk2018.06.25 – D.C.: Burned animal carcass left on Trump staffer’s porch2018.06.16 – CA: Jewish Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Kathy Griffin Show In San Francisco2018.06.16 – CA: Jewish Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Kathy Griffin Show In San Francisco2018.05.23 – MN: Water & Profanities Thrown At Fox News Contributor Tomi Lahren In Minneapolis2018.05.13 – FL: Cheesecake Factory Employees Attack Black Man For Wearing MAGA Hat2018.04.14 – NY: Danish tourist mugged at knifepoint over MAGA hat2018.04.05 – FL: Trump Supporter Punched While Waving Trump Signs in Public2018.04.04 – Texas: Councilwoman accused of yelling obscenities over teen wearing Trump shirt2018.04.04 – TX: Law enforcement filed a disorderly conduct charge against Councilwoman for yelling obscenities at teen wearing Trump shirt2018.04.03 – D.C.: Trump supporter ‘brutally attacked’ in D.C. restaurant2018.04.02 – D.C.: Woman says she was attacked by 2 women after telling them she was Trump supporter2018.03.18 – CA: Trump Supporters Peacefully Protest Anti-Police Coffee Shop and Get Attacked2018.03.16 – D.C.: Capitol Police Arrested Male Dem Operative For Assaulting Female Trump Admin Official2018.03.15 – MN: Student with ‘Trump’ flag assaulted by mob during National School Walkout2018.02.27 – NY: Trump Supporter Threatened With Knife For Not Opposing Trump2018.02.07 – NY: Suspect in ‘white powder’ letter to Trump Jr. donated to Dems, posted anti-Trump rants on Facebook2018.02.06 – NY: Anti-Trumper Pulls Knife on Man Who Doesn’t Hate Trump [Media tries to claim it was a Trump supporter]2018.01.20 – NY: Protester Charged in Serious Attack on Trump Supporter at a NYC Mike Cernovich Event, Also Tried to Put Cop in Headlock2017.12.14 – NY: Woman accused of supporting Trump gets robbed, groceries thrown at her in Bronx deli2017.12.07 – NY: Students wearing MAGA hats booted from ‘safe space’ coffee shop2017.12.02 – MA: Antifa attacks Trump supporter outside of a Harvard Book Store2017.12.02 – MA: Trump Supporters truck and home vandalized for the second time2017.11.27 – TX: Man Who is Not a Trump Supporter Attacked For Being a Trump Supporter2017.11.20 – IL: University of Illinois PhD student/instructor assaults conservative students at Anti-Trump rally2017.11.12 – CA: Blaire White assaulted in Hollywood for wearing a Trump hat2017.11.03 – KY: Anti-Trump Democrat Charged with Assaulting Senator Rand Paul at His Home2017.10.09 – CA: Trans Pro-Trump Student Assaulted By Anti-Trump Activists at Travel Ban Protest2017.09.28 – CA: Angry Student Steals MAGA Hat, Demands Victim Be Punished2017.09.17 – Denmark: An American woman decided to throw a glass at another american in a Danish Bar in the city of Aarhus. She didn’t like that he was wearing a MAGA hat.2017.09.07 – NY: Hunter College professor wishes death upon Trump supporters in Florida2017.09.07 – WA: Roosevelt High School Republican Club Co-President was Physically Assaulted in the Gym Because of His Support for Trump2017.08.28 – CA: Vandals In SF Place Trump “MAGA” Bumper Sticker on Car and then Spray Painted it “KKK” and Slash the Tires2017.08.27 – CA: Berkeley Antifa Terrorism2017.08.26 – KY: Republican headquarters in Fayette County, Kentucky were vandalized with “Die Nazi” and “Nazi Scum” sprayed onto their windows2017.08.24 – Black Trump Supporter Spit On For Being a Black Man Wearing ‘MAGA’ Hat2017.08.23 – CA: Antifa Richard Losey Arrested for Sucker Punching Trump supporter after Laguna Beach Rally2017.08.22 – AZ:Trump Supporter Punched By Protesters While Fleeing Arizona Rally2017.08.17 – NH: ‘Nazis’ spray painted on New Hampshire GOP headquarters2017.08.14 – VA: Conservative Student Attacked For Wearing YAF Hat At Vigil For Charlottesville2017.07.07 – Student Brutally Threatened by Left-Wing Teammates for Being Republican and Supporting Trump2017.07.06 – NY: Conservative activist Jovi Val attacked by liberal @ NYC bar after Milo’s party. Beer bottle was smashed on his face for wearing a MAGA hat2017.07.02 – PA: Philadelphia Antifa Attack Trump Supporter Carrying “Trump 2020” Sign with a Bottle2017.06.15 – VA: Republican Congressional Baseball Shooter was Big Bernie Supporter and even Volunteered for the Campaign2017.06.15 – IN: Several shots fired at truck flying ‘Make America Great Again’ flag on I-4652017.06.10 – WA: Trump supporter beaten with ‘Queers for Muslims’ sign2017.06.07 – WA: Woman Brutally Beaten for Simply Admitting to Being Trump Supporter2017.05.19 – CT: Man arrested on 103 counts of vandalism at UConn, many anti-Trump2017.04.23 – DC: Antifa Gets arrested in 15 Seconds after Assaulting Trump Supporter2017.04.15 – CA: Berkeley Free Speech Rally Attacked By Antifa (Anti-First Amendment) Comrades with Rocks, M-80’s, and Bike Locks2017.04.14 – MD: 2 Arrested For Burning Trump Sign. Police: “Trump sign burned for ‘race and religious’ beliefs”2017.04.14 – D.C.: Jackie Evancho Opens Up About Being Bullied For Singing At Trump’s Inauguration2017.04.09 -2017.04.07 – CA: Cal State Professor: ‘Trump Must Hang,’ Republicans Should Be Executed For Each Immigrant Deported2017.04.02 – WA: Antifa Violence Against Trump Supporters at Pro-Trump Rally2017.03.25 – CA: Pro-Trump March Pepper-Sprayed & Attacked By Protester2017.03.19 – CA: Violent Kids Hit Trump Supporter in the Face with a Skateboard. Says “I Can Do What I Want”.2017.03.16 – CA: ‘M_rder Trump ASAP’ Graffiti Found on Freeway Wall2017.03.15 – MI: U of M Student Detained After Pulling Trump Supporters’ Flag Off His Trailer2017.03.15 – CA: Pro-Trump Radio Host Michael Savage Attacked. ‘It Is Clearly Open Season on Prominent Trump Supporters’2017.03.14 – MA: In Newton, Young Trump Supporters Are Online Targets2017.03.12 – MN: Conservative Students Say They Have Been ‘Violently Threatened’ at St. Olaf College2017.03.11 – ‘Dreamgirls’ Jennifer Holliday Canceled Trump Inauguration Because of Death Threats2017.03.08 – FL: Man Punched In Face Claims Trump Bumper Sticker Motivated Road Rage Attack2017.03.06 – CA: Berkeley Student Arrested After Destroying College Republican Signs2017.03.05 – FL: Supporter of House Republican Ted Yoho was punched in the face by Anti-Trump protestor2017.03.04 – MN: March 4 Trump Protesters Used Tasers, Pepper Spray, Smoke Bombs, & Were Swinging Fists!2017.03.04 – CA: March 4 Trump Berkeley Rally Protestor Thugs Acting Like Thugs And Bring Violence To A Peaceful Trump Rally2017.03.04 – TN: At Pro-Trump rally, Protester arrested after stealing President Trump shirts2017.03.04 – Opera star Andrea Bocelli backs out of singing at Trump’s inauguration after receiving death threats2017.03.04 – TN: ‘Dead Trump supporter’ comment prompts school district to ban substitute teacher2017.03.03 – CA: Berkeley condemns ‘disturbing’ attacks on College Republicans2017.03.01 – OR: Trump Supporters Car Is Vandalized With Paint And Dents From Rocks Because of Bumper Sticker2017.02.27 – TN: Former Labor Secretary nominee Andy Puzder withdraws nomination after opposition groups threatened his family by sending white powder to his wife2017.02.26 – NY: Glenn Nocera, Who Ran For Brooklyn Borough President and is a Trump Supporter, Had His House Egged Three Times2017.02.25 – CA: Protester Assaults Female Trump Supporter at Boycott of Oscars2017.02.25 – OH: Anti-Trump Mob Viciously Attacks Man Outside Bar2017.02.17 – NC: UNC Flyers Incite Violence Against Trump Supporters2017.02.16 – MO: Kansas City Man with AR-15 Taunts Trump supporter over Trump Flag and Rips It Down2017.02.15 – CO: Trump supporter’s historic Denver home has their window shot at with a BB gun and left hateful messages.2017.02.13 – MS: Hate crime hoax perpetrated on Trump supporting radio host.2017.02.09 – CA: Man Grabs Trump Supporter and Police Immediately Arrest Attacker2017.02.09 – CA: Berkeley Thugs (Including Teacher Yvette Felarca) Beating Up Trump Supporter In Front of the Police2017.02.08 – NY: Black Lives Matter Activist Threatens to Smash Girl’s Laptop Because of Donald Trump Sticker2017.02.08 – NC: Police investigating 20 reports of property damage including anti-Trump graffiti2017.02.08 – CA: Cal State Fullerton Instructor Has Been Suspended for Striking a Student During a Rally Against President Trump’s Policies2017.02.07 – CA: Vandals egg home, deface Trump sign. “It has a smiling face, and the word ”f” you, ‘f” you a-hole,’ but the full word, signed ‘a Mexican,'”2017.02.04 – MO: 12-year-old suspended because he was beaten up on school bus for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat2017.02.02 – NY: Protestors at NYU Gavin McInnes Event Use Pepper Spray & Attacked2017.02.02 – CA: Random Attack On Trump Supporter The Day After Berkeley Riot2017.02.01 – CA: Berkeley Anti-Trump Protesters Riot And Shut Down UC Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos Speech. “…They [were trying] to burn the building with us in it.”2017.01.30 – NJ: Anti-Trump Criminals Spray Painted Threats of Punch Nazi’s on NJ’s Rowan University Sign2017.01.30 – WA: Spokane police investigate vandalism of county GOP headquarters as hate crime. Scrawled “Refugees welcome” and “Nazi scum” across the front door and windows.** 2017.01.29 – TX: Gay Trump Supporter Beaten Unconscious on Texas Street After He Pulls Out Trump Lighter2017.01.29 – OR: Blackbloc Protesting Against the Travel Ban at Portland Airport. Trump Supporters were Surrounded and Brutally Attacked2017.01.29 – WA: Trump Supporter Has House, Flag, Vehicle and Camper Vandalized2017.01.29 – OR: Protesters damage Trump supporter’s vehicle after march downtown2017.01.27 – MA: Donald Trump Campaign Sign Set On Fire In Massachusetts2017.01.26 – NY: Shia LaBeouf Arrested In NYC At His Anti-Donald Trump Livestream Art Project LaBeouf tugged on a man’s scarf and pushed him, police said.2017.01.23 – MD: Woman kicked off plane for berating Trump supporter2017.01.23 – NY: Golden Trump Graffiti Sprayed Onto Bentley in Queens, NYPD Says2017.01.23 – FL: Woman charged with trespassing at Mar-a-Lago, smeared bananas on vehicles, typed “F***UTrumpB” on computer inside2017.01.22 – CA: Woman Slashes Trump Sign Because it ‘Ruined Her Chill’ (Admitted to Holding a Knife During the Confrontation)2017.01.21 – NC: Graffiti Girl Gang Arrested for Scrawling Anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter Slogans Over a Cop Car and Stores2017.01.21 – UK – “VIOLENCE IN LONDON: Fights break out during unofficial protest against Donald Trump”2017.01.20 – WA: High School Senior Beaten by Mob for Wearing American Flag Hat at U of W Milo Yiannopoulos Event2017.01.20 – NY: Trump Supporter Hit with Sign by Anti-Trump Protester in NYC2017.01.20 – D.C.: Inauguration Day Antifa Violence – Limo Set on Fire at Trump Inauguration Parade2017.02.20 – OR: “…he ran up and punched the Trump supporter at the back of the head…”2017.01.20 – D.C.: Deploraball Inauguration Attack: Project Veritas Exposes Plans to Deploy Butyric Acid into Ventilation Systems2017.01.20 – D.C.: Anti-Trump Protester Lights a Trump Supporters Hair on Fire2017.01.20 – Nigeria – Donald Trump Inauguration Rally – 20 Biafrans were Shot Dead and Many Missing During March To Support Trump** 66 Inauguration Day Trump Assassination Threats On Twitter2017.01.20 – CO: Vandals destroy Donald Trump supporter’s truck. Spray-painted, dented, keyed, tore seats, and broke radio2017.01.20 – D.C.: Trump Supporters Coat Slashed During Inauguration2017.01.20 – D.C.: Two Gold Star family members ‘assaulted and spat on by protesters’ as they tried entering the Veterans Inaugural Ball2017.01.20 – D.C.: At Trump Inauguration, Protesters Go After Actor Scott Baio2017.01.20 – Infowars Owen Troyer Gets Slapped in the Face2017.01.17 – MI: Couple attacked in their car over their support for Donald Trump2017.01.17 – NC: Womans Car was Vandalized with Swastika Because of Trump Bumper Sticker2017.01.05 – IL: Kidnap And Torture Of Trump-Supporter Streamed On Facebook Live2017.01.04 – CA: Man Verbally Abused for Wearing Trump T-Shirt2016.12.31 – WA: New Year’s Eve ‘Red Baseball Cap’ Wearer Assaulted2016.12.29 – NC: Wayne County GOP Headquarters Break-in and Defacement of Ronald Reagan Mural2016.12.23 – PA: Bryn Mawr College Student was Harassed Online After She Asked for a Ride to a Donald Trump Event, Eventually Causing her to Leave School.2016.12.20 – AL: Deputies investigate rash of anti-Trump vandalism. 8 Homes & 6 Cars were damaged.2016.12.19 – Trump Electors Receive Death Threats2016.12.13 – MD: $300,000 McLaren ‘Trumpmobile’ Tourched2016.12.09- CA: Actor T.J. Miller arrested because of an altercation with his Uber driver over President-elect Donald Trump2016.12.08 – NY: Man Murdered UPS Driver he Believed was Trump2016.12.05 – MD: Trump Supporters’ C7 Z06 Corvette Vandalized2016.12.02 – WI: Truck Spray-painted with Anti-Trump Slogans, Set on Fire in Madison2016.12.01 – PA: 69 Year Old Woman Left With Bloody Head Wound After Man Brutally Beats Her With a Chair for Supporting Trump2016.12.01 – WA: Trump argument leads to cutting the neck of a Trump Supporter at Pasco bar2016.11.30 – MD: Another Trump supporters car vandalized by hate criminal in Montgomery County2016.11.29 – MO: Man Attacked at Plaza Bus Stop Says Teens Asked Him Political Question Before Throwing Punches2016.11.29 – FL: Navy Veteran & Trump Support’s Home Torched, Ransacked, and Tagged with Anti-Trump Graffiti in Florida2016.11.27 – PA: Police: Youths smashed car window over Donald Trump sticker2016.11.22 – MD: Trump Supporter Victim of Hate Crime in Montgomery County – Swastika Spray Painted on Front Door.2016.11.20 – CA: Blue-haired woman sentenced to more than 100 days for scrawling anti-Trump graffiti on government buildings2016.11.20 – Australia: The moment ‘anti-bullying advocate’ and Safe Schools founder ‘harassed a Donald Trump supporter’ at a Melbourne rally2016.11.20 – D.C.: Trump Supporters Kicked Out of Bar. “We Came to Dance and Were Approached By Multiple Feminists But Never Provoked Anyone. Then a Bouncer Got Hostile and Passersby Attacked Us.”2016.11.18 – OR: 1 Car Set on Fire, 2 Cars Spray Painted with Anti-Trump Vandalism2016.11.16 – MD: Student Attacked for Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat2016.11.16 – NJ: Man who was marching in support of a “sanctuary campus” attacked a Trump supporter, punching him in the face and knocking his “Make America Great Again” hat off2016.11.15 – NJ: “My Pro-Trump Stickers, Flags Got my Tires Slashed”2016.11.15 – GA: Man Murdered in Shooting Outside Atlanta Bar After Joke About Voting for Trump2016.11.15 – KY: Business Helps Trump Supporter Whose Car was Targeted By Vandals Because of Trump Bumper Sticker2016.11.15 – MA: Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Boston Bar2016.11.14 – MT: Polson residents angered by Trump vandalism on Republican Headquarters2016.11.14 – Anti-Trump Woman Throws Coffee on Trump Supporters in their Car2016.11.14 – FL: Trailer Homes Spray Painted with Anti-Trump Messages And BLM. One Home was Set On Fire.2016.11.13 – CA: Mustang Vandalized and Set on Fire Because of Trump Bumper Sticker2016.11.13 – TX: Department of Public Safety Arrested 6 Members of a Communist Group, Red Guards Austin, for Assaulting Pro-Trump Members2016.11.12 – CT: Two Men were Arrested After Punching and Kicking a Man Holding a Donald Trump Sign2016.11.12 – AZ: “F*** Trump” was tagged three times on a central Phoenix home2016.11.11 – NY: Elderly uncle of Manhattan Rabbi attacked for wearing red Yankee hat mistaken for a MAGA hat2016.11.11 – NY: Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested For Assaulting 74-Year-Old Man At Trump Protest2016.11.11 – TX: Mother Kicks Out 8-year old Son for Wanting to Vote for Trump at School Vote2016.11.11 – CA: High School Student Attacked for Supporting Trump2016.11.11 – OR: Anti-Trump Protesters Attack Jeep Driving Through City, Rip Off USA Flags, Smashed Windshield, Beat Vehicle With Bats and Fire Extinguishers, and Set Off a Smoke Bomb2016.11.11 – NY: Man Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Attacked & Choked on NYC Subway2016.11.11 – WA: Seattle Protest – Attack on a Donald Trump Supporter During Protest2016.11.11 – TX: “All because I had a trump sticker at a liberal arts university…” – Car Vandalized2016.11.11 – OR: ‘Peaceful’ Anti-Trump Protest Turns Into Riots**2016.11.10 – IL: Trump Supporter Was Pulled From Car, Beaten, Car stolen, & Dragged Down the Road in Chicago2016.11.10 – NY: Trump Supporter Attacked at NYC College; MAGA Hat Almost Set Alight – Black Student Victimized Accuses Public Safety of Cover-up2016.11.10 – NY: Anti-Bullying Activist Charged with Assaulting 74-year-old Trump Supporter During Protest2016.11.10 – CA: After Election, Resident Discovers ‘[Expletive] Trump’, ‘666’ Spray Painted on Car2016.11.10 – VA: GOP headquarters vandalized amid anti-Trump protests2016.11.10 – NC: Anti-Trump vandals hit Old Chapel Hill Cemetery gazebo and path. Spray-paint “Nazi Pres Elec”.2016.11.09 – FL: Man’s BMW with Trump Sticker Vandalized in Fort Myers Community2016.11.09 – AZ: Trump Supporters Car Vandalized. “Their Windows were Smashed, and they Found Graffiti on their Mailbox.”2016.11.09 – NY: NYC Man’s Dog Brutally Attacked by Unhinged Rioters During Trump Protest2016.11.09 – TX: 11-Year-Old Student Gets Beat Up For Supporting Donald Trump At School2016.11.09 – MI: Anti-Trump vandals target Lansing building by smashing a window and a glass door, and spray-painting vulgar anti-Trump graffiti on the building2016.11.09 – FL: Student Punches Classmate Over Donald Trump Sign at Local High School2016.11.09 – TX: Anti-Trump Protester Punches Trump Supporter2016.11.09 – IL: 16-year-old Trump Supporter Receives Death Threats and has Car Vandalized2016.11.08 – CA: Vandals Target Bay Area Trump Supporters’ Homes, Cars, Flags2016.11.08 – VA: Gun stolen from Trump supporter waving sign on I-952016.11.08 – FL: Woman Handing Out Campaign Literature Supporting Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump was Assaulted2016.11.08 – NY: NYPD Investigating Tires Slashing On Hasidic Trump Supporters Van2016.11.08 – FL: Woman’s Trump sign, Art Gallery Vandalized2016.11.08 – NY: Election Night, President of the Cornell College Republicans Was Assaulted for Being Republican. “Fuck You, Racist Bitch, You Support a Racist Party,” the Attacker Grunted at Corn, as He Shoving Her to the Ground2016.11.06 – CA: Man Approached 72-Year Old Trump Supporter Holding Sign, Cursed at Them, and Stole Giant Trump Sign. Arrested On Robbery Charge.2016.11.06 – MA: “Kill Your Local Trump Supporter” graffiti was spray-painted on Massachusetts School2016.11.05 – CA: Black Trump Supporter Is Told “Ni**as Like You Should Be Killed”2016.11.05 – IL: Rock Island County Republican office vandalized with spray paint2016.11.04 – CO: Suspect in custody after rock breaks window at Trump’s Denver campaign office in the second act of vandalism in a day2016.11.04 – CO: Trump’s Denver Campaign Office Vandalized with Painted Anti-Trump Message2016.11.04 – NC: Alamance County GOP Headquarters Vandalized with Anti-Trump Graffiti2016.11.03 – CA: Vandals continue to attack Trump headquarters in Ukiah2016.11.03 – MA: Person Dressed as Gumby Destroys Trump Sign on Halloween2016.11.03 – CA: Trump Supporters Truck Torched Because of Bumper Sticker2016.11.02 – IL: Evanston man’s Donald Trump sign burned on his front lawn2016.11.01 – CO: Arsonist Sets Trump Campaign Sign On Fire, Endangers Entire Neighborhood2016.11.01 – MD: Trump Staffer Assaulted for Wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat on Towson University Campus2016.10.31 – ID: 100’s of Pro-Trump Signs Destroyed. Swastikas. Car Keyed.2016.10.31 – FL: Campaign Signs Vandalized with Racist Nazi Stickers2016.11.30 – PA: Church Hit With Anti-Trump Graffiti2016.10.28 – MI: Criminal Who Ran Over Trump Signs Didn’t Realize They Were Messing With The Wrong Person2016.10.28 – CA: Truck Vandalized Because Of Pro-Trump Bumper Sticker2016.10.28 – FL: “Someone sprayed swastikas on his Trump sign — but he won’t take it down until Election Day”2016.10.28 – CA: Hollywood Homeless Black Woman Attacked for Supporting Trump2016.10.26 – CA: Family woke up to their two cars’ windows smashed-in, home covered in eggs, and Donald Trump campaign signs stolen2016.10.26 – PA: University of Pittsburgh Trump Supporters Campaign Table Flipped2016.10.26 – CA: Donald Trump’s Star on Walk of Fame Vandalized with Sledgehammer2016.10.25 – AL: Car With Trump Bumper Stickers Gets Destroyed…Spray Painted “F*** Trump” On Car2016.10.24 – NV: Trump sign and vehicle vandalized at Reno gun shop2016.10.21 – WI: Man Arrested After Torching Trump Sign2016.10.20 – UT: #FeelTheBurn “AmeriKKKa” – Trump signs were damaged or defaced with vulgar graffiti, and the vandals also damaged a front door and two vehicles painting signs and property with profanity along with “#FeelTheBurn” and “AmeriKKKa”.2016.10.19 – VA: Leesburg Neighborhood Tagged With Anti-Trump Graffiti2016.10.18 – IN: Vandals Throw Bricks Through Windows at Delaware County Republican Party Office2016.10.18 – FL: Driver Who Posted Video of Himself Busting Through Trump Sign, Busted by Police2016.10.18 – FL: Trump Signs Spray Painted with Swastikas in Cape Coral2016.10.17 – WI: Wisconsin woman ‘fed up about the entire election’ smears peanut butter all over cars in misguided Trump protest2016.10.17 – NC: Hillsborough GOP Headquarters Firebombed2016.10.16 – MD: Student Wearing Trump Hat Is Punched & Kicked to Ground2016.10.15 – MN: Trump Supporters Lawn was Salted and Sign Torched2016.10.15 – HI: Maui Trump supporter’s home egged by vandals2016.10.15 – AR: Woman finds Trump signs burned; arson investigation underway2016.10.15 – ME: Anti-Trump Criminals Spray-Painted About 20 Parked Cars Outside of the Trump Rally2016.10.13 – OH: Gay Couple Gets Death Threats from Tolerant Left for Supporting Trump2016.10.13 – MI: Trump Mobile Vandalized in Walled Lake2016.10.12 – MD: “Streak of vandalized Trump signs ‘unprecedented,’ local party leaders say”2016.10.12 – MD: 2 Attacks – After they burned his sign, they came back and torn it down.2016.10.08 – IN: At GOP office, signs for Trump were hanging in the window when landscaping bricks were tossed through the windows, shattering them2016.10.06 – TX: Vandals have spray painted her garage. Painted swastikas on Trump signs and stole others. Shot BB’s through her living room window. Broke her landscaping lights and windmill. Egged her Trump signs, car, driveway and garage. “I never back down, and when the dust settles, my friend, it will be me and Trump still standing!”2016.10.01 – CA: Stealing Trump Signs and Fighting Trump Supporters2016.09.28 – IL: Anti-Trump Vandalism Outside Polish Center Ahead of Appearance2016.09.28 – CA: Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Trump Rally2016.09.27 – NJ: I Wore a Trump Hat Around Rutgers University for a Week and One Girl Threatened to ‘Shit on My Face’ if I Didn’t Take It Off2016.09.26 – Trump-supporting Minnesota co-ed says she was ‘assaulted’ on debate night2016.09.25 – FL: Man Steals Trump Sign and Urinates on MailboxCanada – SJW Attacks & Steals Hat from Trump Supporter at Mount Royal University2016.09.02 – PA: Philadelphia ‘Democrats For Trump’ Supporter Attacked By Protester2016.08.20 – MN: Anti-Trump Idiots Crash Trump Fundraiser, Attack Motorcade & Assault Trump Supporters in Violent ‘Gauntlet’2016.08.18 – TN: 68-Year-Old Man Punched in the Jaw at Yard Sale For Being a Trump Supporter2016.08.12 – CA: Twitter Video Purports to Show Trump Supporter Assaulted After Being Refused Service2016.08.09 – NJ: Man’s Trump T-shirt Sparked Crowbar Attack By Stranger2016.08.09 – FL: Trump Sign Vandalized with “KKK”2016.08.08 – NH: Trump Campaign Sign Torched Near Nashua2016.08.07 – NY: Pro-Trump ‘installation’ torched on Staten Island2016.08.07 – TX: Woman’s Home Vandalized Because Of Trump Signs2016.08.06 – MA: Susan Bryant of North Reading Charged With Vandalizing Trump Sign, Attempted to Run Over Resident2016.08.03 – NJ: In Liberal South Jersey Town, All-in for Trump Means Vandalism, Threats, Rock-throwing, Thefts, Arson Threat2016.08.01 – NY: Hate Mob Forcefully Ejects Trump Supporter From NYC Park2016.08.01 – CA: Trump Supporters Pushed Out of San Francisco Bar Zeitgeist & Stalked Down the Block For Being Trump Supporters2016.08.01 – MI: Trump Campaign Sign Burned on Lawn2016.07.31 – PA: Clinton Supporter Attacks Trump Supporter & Lights Flag On Fire2016.07.27 – OH: Trump Supporter Shot at Cleveland Bar During Heated Political Debate2016.07.09 – AZ: Trump Supporter Attacked by ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters2016.07.07 – FL: Trump Supporter Ambushed, Hit in the Face, Stomped on the Ground, Broke his Arm2016.06.29 – VA: Virginia Family ‘Enraged’ After Trump Sign Vandalized. Five American flags they placed on the sign broken and tossed on the ground. Signs were spray painted and eggs were thrown.2016.06.29 – African-American Teenage Trump Supporter Received Death Threats By ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists2016.06.24 – NY: Vandal Attacks Gowanus Trump-Fan’s Home2016.06.18 – Nevada: Man Who Attempted to Grab Gun at Rally Wanted ‘To Kill Trump’2016.06.16 – CA: After Anti-Trump Vandals Destroyed Signs and Windows at His Business, Business Owner Confronts Vandals With a Legal Weapon to Stop Attacks2016.06.07 – PA: Vandals Graffiti “Trump Truck” in Scranton2016.06.04 – WA: Vandals take destruction of Trump signs to a new level. First they tore them down, then they threw paint on them, now they burn them.2016.06.02 – CA: San Jose Riots and Attacks at Trump Rally2016.06.02 – CA: San Jose Woman is Stalked, Spat On, Shoved, Pushed and Hit For Being a Trump Supporter2016.06.02 – CA: While Leaving a San Jose Trump Rally an Angry Mob Attacked Gay Latino Trump Supporter & Log Cabin Republican2016.05.24 – NM: Trump Rally Protesters Attack Trump Supporters, Burst Through Police Barricades, Throw Rocks, and Set Fires in the Streets.2016.5.24 – IL: Milo Yiannopoulos Assaulted by BLM ‘Protesters’ at Chicago’s DePaul University2016.05.24 – NM: Disabled Trump Supporter Gets Water & Water Bottles Thrown At Him By Protesters2016.05.24 – NM: Moron Tries to Attack a Trump Supporter Entering Rally. Falls Twice While Throwing His Water.2016.05.20 – FL: Trump Supporters’ Home Vandalized, Lawn Burned2016.05.16 – CA: Vandals Egg Home of Trump Supporter, Destroy Trump Flag, & Throw Paint on his Truck2016.05.08 – WA: Man Says He Was Called a ‘Trump Supporter’ before Bellingham Beating2016.04.29 – CA: ‘Complete Chaos’ as Trump Protesters Beat Up Trump Supporter & Threw His Phone2016.04.28 – CA: Trump Supporter Gets Beaten Up. Rocks are Thrown at Trump Supporters, Police, and Police Horse at Costa Mesa Rally.2016.04.27 – CA: Pair of Girls, Ages 8 and 11, Were Among the Bystanders Struck by an Anti-Trump Counter-Protester’s Stream of Pepper Spray2016.04.24 – Man Arrested, Charged With Threatening To Bomb Trump Rally2016.04.16 – OR: Masked Anti-Trump Protester Spits In Trump Supporters’ Face2016.04.16 – NY: Trump Supporter with 2nd Amendment Banner is Grabbed and Pushed By Anti-Trump Protesters2016.04.13 – OR: Portland Man Says His Car Windows Were Smashed Twice Because He Supports Donald Trump. Won’t Back Down And Remove His Trump Bumper Stickers.2016.04.13 – PA: Trump Supporter Attacked Outside Pittsburgh Rally2016.04.10 – WA: Trump Supporter’s Tire Slashed; Vandal Claims “It Was An Act Of Community Service”2016.04.08 – OR: Protesters Crash Pro-Trump Student Event. “Every single Trump supporter has a full legal name attached to a social security number with a place of residence, [and] an employer…that information is easy to find online,”2016.04.06 – NC: Trump Supporter Shocked After Vehicle Vandalized Because of His Trump Supporter2016.04.04 – WI: Teen Arrested After Throwing Egg at Donald and Melania Trump at Milwaukee Rally2016.03.29 – WI: After an Anti-Trump Protester Punched a Trump Supporter, and She Gets Pepper Sprayed In Return. “I Deserved That”2016.03.19 – Protesters Block Road Near Trump’s Fountain Hills Rally in Arizona2016.03.19 – FL: Man shatters door & throws taco at Donald Trump Jacksonville headquarters2016.03.18 – RI: Vandals Scratch Up Coventry Man’s Car Bearing Trump Bumper Sticker2016.03.18 – CA: Republican Students Pro-Trump Bumper Stickers’ Vandalized at Saint Mary’s College of California2016.03.17 – NC: Idiot Records Herself Running Over A Trump Sign With Her Car2016.03.16 – FL: Trump campaign signs stolen from a Naples home, home vandalized2016.03.14 – VA: 70 Year-Old Virginia Trump Supporter Faces Threats, Harassment, and has Home Vandalized2016.03.14 – FL: Vandals target neighboring Trump supporters by spray-painting ‘Nazi scum’, ‘KKK’, and ‘f*** Trump’ on street in front of homes2016.03.12 – NJ: Donald Trump supporter’s billboard burned in Egg Harbor Township2016.03.12 – OH: Psycho Tries To Attack Donald Trump2016.03.11 – Riots After Trump Chicago Rally Cancelled. Police Officer Attacked by Anti-Trump Protesters. Blocking Ambulance.2016.03.09 – GA: Trump Supporter has Trump Sign Taken & Gun Pulled on him by Trump Haters2016.02.29 – FL: Trump Volunteers Brutally Assaulted & Body Slammed While Campaigning2016.01.26 – IA: Protesters Threw Two Tomatoes at Donald Trump at a Rally in Iowa City2016.01.25 – NH: Trump Supporters Large Sign Vandalized with Graffiti2016.01.09 – MA: Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters in Mass. vandalized2015.09.04 – TX: Attackers Beat Texas Teen Because He Seemed Like a Donald Trump Supporter2016.05.25 – CA: Young protesters attack Trump supporter after Trump rally

1990s - Being a New YorkerIn general, New York is a nice big city (really big city) and is constantly expanding and reinventing itself. It's expensive, noisy, crowded, fast-paced and harsh during the peaks of summer and winter. New York City has five boroughs, and a variety of neighborhoods, so while it’s likely that nearly everyone could find some suitable area, it still won’t be right for everyone. New York exists at a double speed. Everything here is a little faster, a little more hectic, and people try to fit more things into a day than in many other places. It’s probably not a good fit for a very laid back person. For me, it’s always interesting, which is worth a great deal. But New York is not for the weak of heart, the weak of mind or the weak of body. But she's also very beautiful. That's for sure. New York’s full of life and adventure, there's always something to do, the people are strong and they speak their mind, there's the best transformation unlike most places, you don't even need a car because the subway can take you everywhere for one price - and there's so much diversity and culture everywhere. And there's this strange comfort to be living in New York, knowing that there's millions of people there and there's ALWAYS noise and something going on. No matter what time it is, there's people out, and that makes you feel safe. Also, restaurants and stores are open till very late at night, many even 24 hours, and that's great in case you ever want to have a pizza or watch a movie at midnight.I have been a New Yorker since the 1950s. Starting in 1956 when I was in the Navy, I took weekend liberties here. Besides hitting the waterfront sailor bars and night clubs, I went to the Roseland Ballroom on West 52nd Street. I love to dance and found my way there where a thousand people gathered, standing around listening to the orchestra or dancing away to their favorite music. The crowd was inter racial and many dances were like the dance styles made famous in the old Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. The music covered all genres, Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kay, with The Fox Trot, Waltz, Rumba, Cha Cha, Mambo, Merengue, and Tango. Dancers showed off fancy footwork and twirled until they were dizzy. I could do a mean Jitter Bug and Fox Trot. I loved it!During the '60 I was back with IBM on TAD assignments. In 1964 when I was TAD at the CBS Broadcast Center for three months, every night I walked around Times Square, often I would take the F Train to the Village and walk around too. At one of the Greenwich Village folk clubs I watched this scrawny guy on stage . . . It was Bob Dylan and watching him was Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. I was in my IBM blue pin stripped suit, I guess being different they took me to see Andy Warhol at his studio, the Factory. It was the time when the hippies in Greenwich Village were the incubator for the cultural movements that shook the world. Walking around Greenwich Village you can experience both the Bohemian lifestyles and the boutique stores and street cafes serving up espresso and cheese cakes. Several times I went into the Go Go was which was an oasis for folk music, jazz, comedy, blues and rock. The club was the venue for the Grateful Dead and Joni Mitchell; Richie Havens and the Blues Project were weekly regulars . . . I saw them all . . .In 1968 I worked in Manhattan and lived Jamaica, Queens. I moved to East Orange in 1970 and every day I walked to the corner of Sunnyside Terrace and South Orange Avenue and got the bus to Newark's Penn Station. From there I took a bus to Port Authority in Manhattan, then walk up 8th Avenue to my office on 52nd Street.. What an experience . . . you could write a book or make a movie of the street characters I ran into every day. My morning ride on the South Orange Bus to Newark's Penn Station was not bad. The bus was full of Italian people going to work in or New York Newark, but at night, it was really bad because I usually came home late and the bus often had black teenage gangs or drunken old men riding it. Playing blaring radios, they were loud and obscene, they would brag about mugging and shop lifting crimes they committed. One night a drunken old man started a fight with me because I was White. I pushed him down while people ran away from us. The bus driver stopped a police car and wanted to have me arrested. The police saw how this drunk was acting and took him off the bus. When I got to my stop and got off, the bus driver wanted to fight me. He called me a White Cracker and pushed me around. I was getting very sick of these ignorant Black people who hate White people and Newark was full of them. It was time to move! Maybe an apartment in Manhattan?Manhattan intrigued me . . . it's a 'High Culture’ busy high density people packed environment. People try to live there and be close to the action albeit they suffer living in small confined apartments, but you get to work and be around people from all over the world, educated and talented, people you can learn from and business challenges you grow from to advance your career and it’s all worth it. Manhattan is the cultural capital of the world, has the biggest commercial business district in the world (Midtown) and hosts the banking, fiduciary, media, performing arts, advertising, industries and more than one hundred Fortune 500 headquarters. It is a place full of the “Movers and Shakers” who make the world turn. You play with the “Big Boys” here! I had long ago discovered working in Manhattan was a delight. The city was spontaneous, vibrant, colorful, and full of energy and I absolutely loved the place! With so many different cultures and ethnic types, every day was full of new found social experiences and people just didn’t get along, they enjoyed each other and there were constant flirtations, shared laughter, and conversations. You could easily meet someone interesting by walking around or sitting by those never-ending fountains or ledges surrounding sky scrappers. Besides being the dance club capital of the world, New York was a boy meet girl people place par excellence! Yes, the Big Apple was a series of anticipations and exciting fulfillment, enough to fill any fantasy or desire.One things you notice right away is the high level of education and talent in Manhattan, and there were not any southern “Good Ole Boys here!” Just imagine this, contrary to the socially restrictive and racially segregated South, you can’t be a racist in New York, it’s just too diverse, what with being a land of Jews, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, and ethnics of every stripe and color hue from every part of the world filling the daily scene. It is the land of ‘milk and honey’ to millions of people, especially immigrants looking to make a buck. Manhattan is a place where the rich and poor can live on the same block but exist in two different worlds of opportunity, but everyone gets along, as tolerance and “live and let live” are maxims people exist by. The millions of talented and beautiful singles who migrate to the Big Apple to become famous, rich or play with the big boys, are a breed apart in Manhattan and a class by themselves and exist somewhere between the rich and poor. They are the faithful who are looking for corporate or artistic careers.Most people love all this about Manhattan but it's very expensive and getting there from the suburbs is a commuting hell, it's another life and full of surprises every day. For example, all big commuting centers, Penn Station for trains and Port Authority Bus Terminal are crawling with panhandlers, drug dealers, and other miscreants. There's also an entire section of these terminals where they let the homeless population hang out. They are disgusting, dirty, smelly, drunks and drug addicts, many acting up and threatening commuters. I genuinely feel bad for them, they don't seem to have anywhere else to go - particularly during the colder months. In Manhattan’s Penn Station the homeless have taken over the place and the police are not allowed to keep order because the ACLU has sued any attempts to keep the homeless under control - they being mostly black en all, the ACLU seeing it as racial discrimination. A good hunk of the seating area gets taken over by generally sleepy homeless folks, but when one of them is off their meds and decides to go around screaming about military intelligence watching their bowel movements, wuh-heh-hell . . . it can be quite a show. Lots of folks hang around the main entrances and can give you grief if they're drunk or desperate. Just watch your purses and such. One thing to be concerned about both Penn Station and Port Authority is they are very filthy. The bathrooms stink and you can be attacked or robbed in them. However, I will say that New York's Penn Station has tons of great hang out bars and restaurants to accommodate the 800,000 riders a day who travel thru there.Clearly the Granddaddy of all subway systems, the New York City subway, has a personality all of its own. With 842 miles of track, 468 stations and 26 lines running 24-hours a day, 7-days a week serving more than five million people a day, New York’s subway is what other subway systems want to be some day. The New York City subway system acts as the aorta of the city, funneling millions of people in and out, commuters and tourists alike. Hate it or love it, New York depends on the subway for just about everything. You must experience the subway at least once in their lifetime, it should be on your Bucket List, it’s as American as Apple pie.If you choose to drive in the USA's worst traffic, have fun. According to CNN, of the ten worst cities for driving, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan rank first, second and fourth respectively. The only reason the Bronx didn't make the cut is because the researcher reporting the data is still trapped somewhere on the Major Deegan. Just because traffic is eternally at a standstill in New York doesn't mean taxi drivers won't find a way to gun it from zero too ludicrous in less than three seconds. The reason most citizens can't hail a cab is because from the curb all you can see are yellow blurs of light hurtling F-bombs warped by the Doppler effect. However, unlike other metropolitan areas, the subway and bus network in New York can actually get you pretty much anywhere, relatively quickly. So maybe getting an expensive apartment in Manhattan is worthwhile! Ride the subways or walk to work! So before you make the big move to the big city, there’s a lot you need to consider. Make a pros and cons list. On the pros side, you can include everything you’ve learned from the movies and TV shows that wax rhapsodic about life in the Big Apple. On the cons side, you can list all the cons and ex-cons that live here, ready to take advantage of a naive newcomer. Then add this list of 17 Reasons’ You Shouldn't Move to New York City, and try somewhere a little less intimidating, like Baghdad.New Yorkers dream of the ‘70s. The 1970s! That was New York when it was real, when rents were cheap, the cabbies were white, and you didn’t really have to know how to play to be a star. This is not to say that no one who didn’t spear a rat with the business end of a police lock pole can really claim to have experienced New York in the 1970s. Times Square, which, with its array of porn stores and sticky-floored movie houses, could rightly be called the capital of the New York 1970s. The ‘70s are a Jekyll-and-Hyde of New York eras. On one hand we fear the terrors of the time, the junkies on the fire escape scheming to steal a $50 rabbit-ear TV, the return of jazz fusion. The fact is what usually falls under the rubric of New York–in-the-1970s was really a multi decade project that began in earnest during the 1964 Harlem riots, which put white flight into high gear. The period lasted until the Crown Heights riots in 1991, which led to the election of Rudolph Giuliani in 1993.Typically, after you settle into your New York apartment, you acquire a George Foreman grill, a Netflix account, and a cat, in that order. Not a cat person? You will be. Even the most passionate dog lovers have to admit that keeping a pooch in Gotham isn't feasible, if not downright impossible. Big dogs are too big for city apartments - imagine keeping a humpback whale in your swimming pool. Small dogs tend to bark incessantly, alerting your entire building that you own a dog but are too incompetent to train it right. You might find you don't need any pets at all when nature is already providing plenty for you. A studio will be much smaller than a hotel room and cost around $1200 / month and I would need a three bedroom and heavens only knows how much that would cost. You'll have to choose whether you want to live Downtown or Uptown, West Side or East Side, you'll also have to decide if you want a roach apartment or a mouse apartment. But these vermin only hide indoors because the streets have already been claimed by the rats. New York rats are products of their hometown—they're entitled and strictly business. Dustin Hoffman didn't improvise the line "Hey, I'm walkin' here!" in Midnight Cowboy, he borrowed it from a rat. If you come across some on your walk home, and you will, just keep your head down and don't make eye contact and you should be all right.Even though almost every tried and true New Yorker has one thing in common: they've never been to the Statue of Liberty. Or been to the top of the Empire State Building or seen The Lion King. But I have been to all these plus hundreds more New York icons. The biggest disadvantage to living in New York is that it ruins living anywhere else. Despite the smells, and the sirens, and the supermodels you'll never have sex with, Gotham is still the greatest city in the world. Like that one good New Year's you once had, you'll always find yourself comparing NYC to your current place of residence. And the competition will never stack up. After all, everyone moves here for a reason. New Yorkers might gripe and complain about their hometown more often than not, but that's because we've melted into a weird sort of family. And family is allowed to talk smack and fight with one another. Or come to die. New York may attract the best and the brightest, but it also attracts the worst and the dimmest. Chances are that shady drug dealer on the corner is actually a shady drug dealer and not an NYU music major recording ambient sound for his newest multimedia aural experience. At least for now. This urban sprawl is going to increase exponentially with time. If you find yourself one day commuting to midtown from suburban Philadelphia, maybe New York isn't the city for you.Here are some reasons to be blissfully happy that you live/work in New York CityDrinking coffee four times a day, every day, isn't the exception, it's the rule.There is always someone crazier than you. ALWAYS.The great view from walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.The epic feeling you get running to catch a train and succeeding...just before the doors close.Drinking is like breathing, or slightly more acceptable.New York Pizza is the best in the world.There are almost 200 bars in the East Village alone, and another 400 in the West Village.New York is the world’s best city for Dance Clubs.Most waiters are frustrated Broadway actors.There's no shortage of stupid rich people to make fun of.The endless delights in the New York Post.You don't even need a passport, or a license, to partake in goat-eyeball tacos.The fact that one-bedroom apartments cost an average minimum of a half-million dollars means we think nothing of spending $10 on lunch.Restaurants are as common as single men and women. And equally diverse. And you never have to see either of them again after the initial awkward encounter.Smart people are the norm, not the exception, they are everywhere, intelligence - it’s a New York thing, but it doesn't mean you are sane, but at least not boring.Best girl watching is in Midtown Manhattan.Except in select 'hoods like Park Slope and perhaps the Upper West Side, children are viewed as mysterious beings, rarely sighted and only occasionally understood, like pixies or magical small butlers. Until they scream, in which case, they are banished from the palace.How easy it is to find doughnuts, pizza, Chinese food, any other snack your drunken self desires at 4 a.m."Fuck" is just a mild obscenity, neither is “mother fucker,” but watch your ass if you say the “N” word.Summer concerts in Central Park or Williamsburg Waterfront.Macy’s July 4th fireworks.Brooklyn Caribbean parade.The Lone Star Café rivals Gilley's in Houston.Other places have dog and cat people. We have ferret people.The splendor of the Union Square Greenmarket.Greenwich Village is my favorite section of the City.I love Bryant Park, Washington Square Park and Union Square.One of my favorite bars has 100-year-old urinals.Complain about the MTA, but you can get anywhere in the city for just $1.25.Subway rage. Bike-lane rage. Walking rage. Random rage. These are our therapy.Jaywalking is an art form.Best of all - Broadway Ticker Tape ParadesSubway "pre walking," in which you walk to the exact right spot on the platform to board the train car that will save you the most time upon exit, exists and has a name. Got to respect.You can be alone, but never feel lonely. And vice versa. But if you die and aren't found until a year later, you won't be the first.There is absolutely no reason to ever drink and drive. Added bonus: Spontaneous, fascinating conversations with cab drivers.If you can make it here, you really can make it anywhere. But why would you bother to go anywhere else?