Folks at a Shenandoah Valley car dealership woke up Wednesday to calls saying their political display had been vandalized.

When the owner of Armstrong's Auto Sales got to work in the morning, he didn't expect the first thing he would see were his two campaign signs vandalized, but, that is exactly what he got.

Travis Armstrong has two banners on two different vehicles in his car lot. A monster truck with a TRUMP banner attached to it is on display crushing a smaller pickup with a HILLARY banner. On Wednesday morning, both banners were spray painted with vulgar words or images.

Armstrong said he has had the banners up for about three weeks now, and so far, nothing had happened. When asked about the night's incident, he said he wasn't surprised it happened, but is surprised about one thing. "We had seen that the signs were spray painted, and not really surprised , —I figured it would happen sooner or later, that is why we put the camera system in; I was surprised to see that they had vandalized both signs," Armstrong said.

Armstrong said he figured one sign or the other would have been vandalized —not both.

As for the amount it costs to replace the banners, Armstrong is looking at a couple hundred bucks.

Overall, the owner said that it is upsetting, but it will not deter him from using his right to free speech. He said he will have new banners in before the end of the week.

When it isn't used for a political statement, the crushed HILLARY vehicle is usually marked THE COMPETITION.

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(Terry Ward contributed to this story.)