Vandalism that occurred on July 4 outside Rep. Brad Schneider's office on Capitol Hill comes as part of an increase in violence and threats against lawmakers in recent years.
It’s a challenge to protect 535 members of Congress. That’s to say nothing of guarding their offices on Capitol Hill, along with their offices back in their home states or districts. And in many cases, even their homes and loved ones. That’s why some on Capitol Hill found the vandalism to an exterior wall of the office belonging to Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., in the Cannon House Office Building so alarming last week.
My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters of the more than 100 people still held hostage in Gaza were ripped from the wall, shredded and tossed across the hallway,' said Schneider in a post on X Friday morning, just after the July 4th holiday. Some of the posters were strewn about the floor in front of Schneider’s office door. Other posters were crumpled or peeling from the wall, still half-attached.
We didn't see that level of prosecution that we wanted,' said Manger. 'Not everyone understands how to work a hate crime.' Manger says he wants all threats against lawmakers investigated. Otherwise, he worries that someone who could do harm might slip through the cracks. That’s why Capitol Police continue to probe the incident at Schneider’s office on Capitol Hill. If they find something potentially criminal, it will be up to local officials in Washington, D.C., to prosecute.
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