Vandals struck Sen. Susan Collins‘ Biddeford, Maine, office Monday night, and her staff says work at the location continues.
The Republican senator’s chief of staff told Fox News the attack was the second on the building in a month.
The vandals dumped a bucket of red paint on the ground in front of the office.
They then used red paint to write a message across the sidewalk outside the building: “BLOOD on her HANDS.”
Chief of staff Katie Brown addressed the incident in a statement to Fox News’ Alexis McAdams. She described Monday’s attack as one in a series of incidents aimed at the senator’s operation.
“This is another incident in a series and the second attempt at our Biddeford office to intimidate the Senator and her staff. These tactics are disturbing, but not effective. Our staff is undeterred and on the job,” Brown said.
The statement named the Biddeford office as the site of two attempts to intimidate Collins and her staff. It also said staff members remain at their posts.
Biddeford police are investigating Monday’s incident, according to Collins’ campaign. The campaign did not describe any suspects or arrests.
The first attack on the office came in September. Vandals spray-painted the building’s door that month, leaving the entrance defaced.
That vandalism carried a written message as well. Someone sprayed the epithet “Trump whore” in red paint across Collins’ office door.
The office sits near the scene of a shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
In July, a law enforcement officer shot and killed Johan Sebastián Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, in that incident.
Protesters reached the Biddeford office within days of the shooting. They barged through the front door while chanting “vote her out.”
The office’s recent history now spans three dates.
Protesters entered the building days after the July shooting, vandals defaced the door in September, and the paint and sidewalk message appeared Monday night.
Collins is defending her U.S. Senate seat this year. Her challenger is Troy Jackson, a Democrat who previously served in the Maine state Senate.
Jackson responded to Monday’s vandalism with a statement that his campaign shared with Fox News Digital. He condemned the attack in direct terms.
“There’s no place for this in Maine. Vandalism and intimidation are wrong, full stop. Senator Collins and her staff should be able to do their jobs without anyone defacing their office, and I condemn whoever did this,” Jackson said.
Jackson spoke out after the September vandalism as well. He issued a separate statement to Fox News Digital at that time.
“Senator Collins and her staff should be able to do their jobs without anyone defacing their office, and I condemn whoever did this,” Jackson said.
His September statement matches the closing sentence of his Monday statement word for word.
Both statements condemned the defacing of the senator’s office and called for her staff to work without interference.
Fox News Digital also asked Jackson’s campaign for further comment on Monday’s vandalism. The campaign did not immediately respond to the request.
Brown’s statement, Jackson’s two statements and the police investigation make up the public responses to the incidents so far.
Collins’ campaign said Biddeford police are handling the inquiry into Monday’s damage.
