2018 Elections at 3 hrs ago

Did Texas woman’s political yard sign go too far? Sid Miller calls her out, and others call the cops

Written by Brianna Stone, Austin Bureau

AUSTIN — Marion Stanford expected the political sign she painted to rile up some folks in her small town of Hamilton in Central Texas. ... But she didn’t expect to end up in a heated Facebook exchange with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, or for the police to show up to confiscate her sign.

The sign features the GOP elephant logo with its trunk up the dress of a female figure, with the word “Help,” next to the phrase “Your vote matters.” Behind it in her yard were campaign signs for Democratic candidates Lupe Valdez, Beto O’Rourke, Julie Oliver and Miller’s challenger, Kim Olson.
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Miller, who is notorious for sharing controversial posts to his nearly 800,000 followers, shared a photo of Stanford's sign with the caption: "This is in Hamilton, Texas and is supposed to be Judge Kavanaugh's young daughter. Notice my opponent's sign in the background. The Democrat sleaze knows NO bounds!"
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Miller's post attracted thousands of reactions, with some Facebook users calling Stanford a pedophile and saying that her sign was [pornography] and that she should be arrested. .... Stanford said she began to receive phone calls and was harassed on Facebook. Tuesday evening, she said, police came to her house and said they had received complaints. ... “Police told me to remove the sign or they would take it and would arrest me,” Stanford said. “So I let them take the sign.”
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