Mass. Democrat faces heat for raising funds for N.C. GOP office that was firebombed
Things are undoubtedly tense between Democrats and Republicans as the race to secure the White House continues to heat up in the final weeks before the presidential election.
But after a Republican party office was firebombed this weekend in North Carolina, scorching campaign signs and charring the inside of the building, a Brookline Democrat decided to put down the pitchfork in the name of democracy, and extend his hand to the opposition.
In less than 40 minutes after going public on the fund-raising website GoFundMe.com, David Weinberger raised more than $13,000 from people across the country that he says will go toward helping to reopen, or find a new location for, the damaged Republican party headquarters in Orange County, N.C.
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