The week before early voting started in Texas, the Trump campaign erected a humongous bulletin board overlooking a largely Hispanic neighborhood in southwest Houston. The billboard is estimated to be about 15 stories high (150 feet) and displayed the name "TRUMP" in large letters, accompanied by a photo of the orangeman clapping in approval.
Within the week, the billboard appeared to have been vandalized with the words "TAKE ... TO PRISON" painted around the president's name. "Every day I have to look at it (on my way to work) … and then this past morning I looked at it and I did a double-take," 61-year-old personal injury lawyer Rogelio Garcia said.
Garcia's photo of the defaced billboard went viral on Twitter, earning nearly 60,000 likes in less than a day. It also sparked similar viral posts on Reddit. Defacing private property is illegal in the state of Texas, and the responsible party could face a misdemeanor charge with a fine that would cover the cost to repair the damage. A spokesperson for the Houston Police Department found no reports of vandalism regarding the billboard as of the day it appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
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