A cat belonging to a state Democratic campaign manager has been found dead with the word ‘liberal’ spray-painted across its side.
The mixed-breed Siamese cat was owned by Jake Burris, who is managing Arkansas Democrat Ken Aden’s bid for the third Congressional District.
The pet had one side of its head bashed in so far that its ‘eyeball was barely hanging from its socket’, an Aden campaign press release said.
Mr Burris was returning to his home in Russellville, Arkansas, on Sunday with his four children when he found the dead cat on his doorstep.
Mr Aden is running against incumbent Republican Representative Steve Womack and said that the event was ‘horrible, to say the least’.