--- description: Police are investigating after the Orange County Republican headquarters in North Carolina was firebombed title: A Republican County Headquarters in North Carolina Was Firebombed: Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Republican County Headquarters in North Carolina Was Firebombed, Police Say by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:49 AM CUTPublished: Oct 16, 2016 7:58 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:49 AM CUTPublished: Oct 16, 2016 7:58 PM CUT Police are investigating after the Orange County Republican headquarters in North Carolina was firebombed. A bottle of flammable liquid was thrown through the office’s front window, authorities said, according to the [Charlotte](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.html "undefined")[ _Observer_](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.html "undefined"). The words, “Nazi Republicans get out of town or else” were spray painted on a next-door building. “The office itself is a total loss,” Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of state GOP told the [Charlotte _Observer_](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article108627627.html "undefined"). “The only thing important to us is that nobody was killed, and they very well could have been.” “This highly disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property; it willfully threatens our community’s safety via fire, and its hateful message undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic participation,” Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said in a statement. No injuries were reported. Late Sunday, a [GoFundMe page](https://www.gofundme.com/reopen-a-nc-republican-office-2ukuprzy?rcid=01d2bdec940511e6b20cbc764e0525d6 "undefined") raising funds for rebuilding the office was set up by author David Weinberger, calling on Democrats to donate “no matter what your party affiliation” is. So far, over $13,000 has been raised from more than 500 people. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4532722/republican-headquarters-firebombed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4532722/republican-headquarters-firebombed/"},"headline":"A Republican County Headquarters in North Carolina Was Firebombed, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-10-16T19:58:45.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T01:49:09.000Z","description":"A bottle of flammable liquid was thrown through the office's front window","url":"https://time.com/4532722/republican-headquarters-firebombed/","keywords":["North Carolina"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4532722/republican-headquarters-firebombed/","name":"A Republican County Headquarters in North Carolina Was Firebombed, Police Say"}}]}] ```