Madison Mayor Paul Soglin asked those responsible to come forward, and told WISC, “striking in silence and in the shadows lies in the heart of cowards and fools”



Soglin also paralleled the graffiti with the events in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, involving a white supremacist rally.



“Given the enabling rhetoric from Donald Trump, particularly since Charlottesville, we know that vicious racist and Nazi attacks have increased,” Soglin said. “While we know that over 99 percent of the people of Madison abhor and reject this terrible act, let it stand as a reminder that there are always a few ignorant people who would destroy our liberty and rights."



...The Madison Parks Department said the graffiti has since been removed without damage to the monument.

Monument outside Jewish synagogue in Madison vandalized w/ phrases "Antifa sucks," "Trump rules," and swastikas. Saw on my way to work. pic.twitter.com/wK40U8ETxS — Laurel White (@lkwhite) September 20, 2017

Wow this is really credible. Surely it's not 1 of the dozens of fake hatecrimes we've seen recently. Nah. This one is real for sure! — Beefcake (@Pepologist) September 20, 2017

Hahah that spazstika. How many seconds before this appears up on https://t.co/DNWqdqpww4 ? — Whucko (@FibulaCrunch) September 20, 2017