The owner of an unoccupied business in Jacksonville's Riverside neighborhood who hung a sign in the window supporting Donald Trump doesn't plan to take the banner down after vandals defaced her storefront window sometime before Tuesday morning.

Patsy Butts, 79, owns the stretch of properties on the northeast corner of Park and King streets and said she worked with a sign company to design the banner featuring Trump's image.

Next to a picture of Trump are the words "We want Donald Trump! Republican Candidate For President," but graffiti on the window included a swastika covering Trump's forehead and a mustache over his upper lip resembling Nazi leader Adolph Hitler.

The vandals also used the words "heil" and "Nazi" to make the banner appear to read "heil Donald Trump! Nazi Candidate For President."

The graffiti was removed Tuesday afternoon.

Butts said her husband was Jewish and although she is upset the vandals used language and images offensive to the religion, she doesn't plan to take the sign down.

"I'm not a coward," Butts said. "If people think they are going to frighten me by doing this, they're wrong. I'm not going to take that sign down."

Butts said she plans to offer the unoccupied business to the Republican Party of Duval County to use once the party selects a presidential candidate.

She said allowing the group to use the space could potentially cost her money but she would rather do what is right for the Republican party.

"If you really believe in something, you've got to put your money where your mouth is," Butts said.

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