{"id":162454,"date":"2025-08-21T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162454\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T00:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T00:39:11","slug":"photos-tea-party-bus-vandalized-in-phoenix-during-nationwide-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162454\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Tea Party bus vandalized in Phoenix during nationwide tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> The national Tea Party&#8217;s &#8220;Only Citizens Vote&#8221; tour bus had its tires slashed last night during a stop in Phoenix as the group has been traveling across the country to support the SAVE Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pictures provided to Fox News Digital show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/terror\/vandalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the vandalism<\/a> that took place Tuesday night ahead of the tour bus&#8217;s planned stops in Tuscon and Scottsdale. The bus is wrapped in decals promoting the Tea Party and election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ONLY CITIZENS VOTE&#8221; the bus reads in big bold letters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/hostility-against-churches-growing-trend-study-finds-hundreds-attacks-u-s-churches-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOSTILITY AGAINST CHURCHES A \u2018GROWING TREND,\u2019 AS STUDY FINDS HUNDREDS OF ATTACKS ON U.S. CHURCHES IN 2024<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tea-party-bus-vandalized-phoenix-voter-id-tour-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Party bus vandalized\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The tire of the Tea Party Patriots bus was slashed, and police responded to the scene Tuesday night.\u00a0 (Tea Party Patriots Action)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This cowardly act is not just an attack on a vehicle, it\u2019s an attack on the millions of Americans who believe in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech,<\/a> civic engagement, and secure elections,&#8221; Tea Party Patriots Action honorary chairperson, Jenny Beth Martin, told Fox News Digital in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tea Party Patriots Action will not be intimidated,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Our tour continues as planned, and we will keep rallying Americans to support this necessary legislation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The tour, which had its first stop in Garden Grove, California, in mid-August, shows stops in 16 states. The tour&#8217;s finale will then be held in the nation&#8217;s capital, during which the group will deliver petition signatures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">members of Congress<\/a> in an effort to rally support for the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tea-party-bus-vandalized-phoenix-nationwide-tour.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Party bus vandalized\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Tea Party Patriots Action members filed a police report after the vandalism in Phoenix.\u00a0 (Tea Party Patriots Action)<\/p>\n<p>The SAVE Act aims to mandate that potential voters provide proof-of-citizenship documents when registering to vote. The bill would prohibit states from processing national voter registration forms without certain proof-of-citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate, government-issued driver&#8217;s licenses, or military identification card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/albuquerque-gop-headquarters-targeted-hate-crime-direct-assault-our-values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ALBUQUERQUE GOP HEADQUARTERS TARGETED IN ALLEGED ARSON: \u2018DIRECT ASSAULT ON OUR VALUES\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vandalism of the National Tea Party bus comes after a spate of other vandalism attempts targeting Republican entities and figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within the last month, the district office of Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Penn., was vandalized with red spray paint that scribbled messages, like &#8220;Mental illness is not a crime,&#8221; and &#8220;GOP = racism, rape, child rape, cover up,&#8221; according to images shared by CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, earlier this year, several GOP headquarters across the country in multiple states, such as New York, Virginia and New Mexico, were reportedly hit as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-mexico-gop-targeted-in-alleged-arson-attack-officials-investigating-as-hate-crime.jpg\" alt=\"Arson attack New Mexico GOP\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Image shows New Mexico Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque, which was targeted in an alleged arson in March. (New Mexico Republican Party)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fearing a potential increase in violence following President Donald Trump&#8217;s move back into the White House this year, the head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/house-of-representatives\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Republican Congressional Committee,<\/a> Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., told fellow Republican colleagues back in March to stop holding in-person town halls.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s\u00a0vandalism\u00a0also\u00a0follows\u00a0incidents\u00a0of\u00a0property\u00a0damage\u00a0and assault against\u00a0federal\u00a0buildings\u00a0and immigration officials in\u00a0Los\u00a0Angeles\u00a0amid\u00a0the\u00a0Trump\u00a0administration&#8217;s\u00a0deportation crackdown there in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, there was also a spate of violence against Tesla dealerships and Tesla cars during Elon Musk&#8217;s tenure working as a &#8220;special government employee&#8221; for Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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