Swastika, Nazi painted on store owned by Trump supporter. ‘People just don’t like Trump.’
A cardboard cutout of former President Donald Trump sits in the window of his Pembroke Park store.
Rob Raymond, owner of Dr’s Toy Store, which sells medical equipment, says it is his support of Trump that led a vandal to spray paint his businesses with hateful messages, including Nazi epithets.
“If you are a Republican, you are discriminated against,” he said Monday. “I think he’s a great president and he got ripped off.”
The messages, which were written on the walls of the building at 2512 SW 30th Ave. in Pembroke Park, included the words convict Trump and Nazi and a swastika, a symbol Adolf Hitler appropriated for the Nazis. Raymond said he believes the graffiti was anti-Trump, rather than anti-Semitic.
“People just don’t like Trump,” he said. “They are f------ crazy. They call us Nazis.”
The Broward Sheriff’s Office said Monday the vandalism was reported just before 8:30 a.m. Monday. Detectives say an employee saw the spray paint at about 7:30 a.m.
Raymond said the walls were repainted by the afternoon.
Anyone with information is asked to contact BSO Pembroke Park District Det. Makeshia Cook at 954-964-1953 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published February 1, 2021 at 8:45 PM.
