CINCY REP SWASTIKA

A SOUTHWEST OHIO REPRESENTATIVE SAYS HIS OFFICE WAS THE VICTIM OF SOCIAL MEDIA TARGETING.
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE DAVE TAYLOR OF CINCINNATI ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING HE AND MANY OTHER REPUBLICAN STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF A RUSE IN WHICH THEIR OFFICES DISPLAYED AN AMERICAN FLAG THAT HAD BEEN ALTERED TO INCLUDE NAZI SYMBOLS. IN TAYLOR'S CASE, THE PHOTO WAS A SCREEN SHOT THAT WAS CAPTURED DURING A VIDEO CALL WITH ANGELO ELIA, A TAYLOR OFFICE AIDE. ELIA DENIES ANY WRONGDOING AND TAYLOR CLAIMS IT WAS VANDALISM. TAYLOR REPRESENTS A DISTRICT OF 16 CONSERVATIVE SOUTHERN OHIO COUNTIES.