‘ELECTIONS NO REVOLUTION YES!’: Republican congressional candidate Sean Parnell’s home defaced with graffiti

“My house was vandalized last night by cowards under the cover of darkness,” Parnell tweeted, along with photographic evidence of the vandalism.

“This is what is at stake in this election. We all must fight for our country and we must do it NOW. I will not cower. I will not back down. I will always fight for this nation,” he said.

The words “ELECTIONS NO REVOLUTION YES!” were spraypainted on Parnell’s garage door in red capital letters. A communist hammer and sickle symbol was spraypainted on the floor in front of the garage door.

In an official statement, Parnell said:

"This morning I woke up to find my garage door and driveway spray painted with communist messages and symbols. This is not the way.

Regardless of political party, those that choose to run for office do so because they believe they can help the country. It is perfectly reasonable to disagree with each other and with political candidates, but the way to do that is at the voting booth.

I believe that we are at an important point in our great nation’s history and I most assuredly stand against socialism, violence, and destruction. Hopefully, we can all respect our system of choosing our representatives in a peaceful and dignified way and no matter who we support and oppose, we do it with our vote and not through destruction of property and violence to our fellow Americans."

Parnell is currently in the final days of his campaign as a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania’s hotly contested 17th Congressional District, and enjoys the support of President Donald Trump against the district’s incumbent, Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb, who won his seat through a special election in 2018 by only 600 votes.