Police in Hamilton, Texas have apparently confiscated a sign from the lawn of a resident after Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller posted photos of it online.
The sign, featuring a Republican elephant's trunk provocatively extending up the skirt of a little girl, was homemade by resident Marion Stanford, who modeled it on a political cartoon appearing in the Washington Post in 2017, amid the controversy surrounding Roy Moore's US Senate campaign.
The sign stood among campaign signs for several Democratic candidates for office, including Beto O'Rourke, Congressional candidate Julie Oliver, and Miller's opponent, Kim Olson (which apparently is what set him off.)
But Miller had a different interpretation. "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!" he posted on Facebook earlier this week.
Stanford said she did create the sign after watching the Kavanaugh hearings, but denied the girl was meant to represent his daughter.
Those commenting on the post expressed outrage, one saying, "Does the town have decency laws, file a complaint with police! Beyond Disgusting" others said the sign itself constituted a form of abuse against children. "Who ever did this should be put In prison! What kind of person
Would do this!"
Following the publicity, police showed up at her home, at the insistence of city officials, according to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
The paper reports that "Some say she was told to remove the sign or it would be confiscated. City officials said police visited Stanford’s home and she asked them to take the sign."
Miller posted to Facebook again after the sign was removed, calling it "vulgar" and saying he was glad it had been removed.
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