A Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House was apprehended and faced charges after being observed taking down campaign signs belonging to former President Donald Trump. Lowell Simon, the chair of the Democratic Party in Moore County, confessed to having “removed” the Trump signs on Thursday evening and recognized that he “shouldn’t have done that,” as reported by WRAL News.
“My worse angels got the better of me and I removed the signs,” Simon admitted in a statement. “I shouldn’t have done that. I didn’t do it in the stealth of night or anything. I did it when it was five o’clock in the afternoon.”
The Moore County Sheriff’s Office stated in a Facebook post that a deputy, while attending to an unrelated matter, observed Simon taking down campaign signs from a neighborhood and subsequently proceeded to Simon’s residence for further inquiry:
“On Octobber 10, 2024, at approximately 5:25 p.m., a sheriff’s deputy working in the West End area observed Lowell Simon removing campaign signs from the roadside along Seven Lakes Drive. The deputy, who was responding to an unrelated call at the time, later followed up at Simon’s residence, where the signs were found in his vehicle. Simon admitted to removing the signs, which were then recovered and returned to their originial owner.”
