Washington Monument vandalized; suspect in custody

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Washington Monument has been temporarily closed after a man vandalized the national landmark with profanities and red paint.

The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the unnamed male suspect splashed the base of the historical monument with red paint and wrote an obscene message across the side of the structure.

“The United States Park Police has an adult male in custody for vandalizing the base of the Washington Monument with paint,” the United States Park Police said in a statement obtained by ABC News. “The area at the base of the monument will be temporarily closed.”

It is currently unclear what the motivation behind the vandalism was or if the message scrawled on the base of the monument was targeting anybody specific.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/washington-monument-vandalized-suspect-in-custody/ar-AA124tPa

Probably a MAGAt.

[louis-t]

1. I would bet it's an unstable MAGAT.

We shall see.

[mercuryblues]

5. Is there any other kind?

[Backseat Driver]

2. That perp's really in BIG trouble, I hope! n/t

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. Thst headline almost made me jump for joy...with a minor adjustment..

Washington Vandalized..suspect in custody... If the shoe fits..

NOT to make light of an assh#$% who would deface the Wash. monument..the scheme of things...

[FakeNoose]

4. It's disgusting and deplorable, but at least it can be easily cleaned off

When only paint is involved, it normally comes off the same day.
(In other words, it could have been a lot worse.)

[SergeStorms]

6. "The area at the base of the monument will be.....

..temporarily closed".

That pretty much closes the entire monument then, correct? It's not just "the area at the base" that's closed. You can't very well avoid the base to get to the top, unless you helicopter to the top.

I swear they have chimpanzees on typewriters at MSN writing the headlines for their articles.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. His punishment needs to be to clean it up.