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While the Washington State Patrol investigates an early Monday morning firebomb attempt on an Olympia building with space leased to the Washington State House Republican Organizational Committee, Rep. J.T. Wilcox says 鈥渁n attack like this changes you forever.鈥�

Wilcox (R-Yelm) rents an office in the building from his 2^nd Legislative District colleague Rep. Andrew Barkis. Located in downtown Olympia on Fourth Avenue, the building also houses Barkis鈥� business 鈥� Hometown Property Management Inc.

Barkis (R-Olympia) told The Dori Monson Show on Tuesday that 鈥渨hoever did this had clear intent, clear motive. . . These people had the intent of burning my building down.鈥�

Security camera video captured images of two men with a hammer and incendiary device during the 4 a.m. destruction.

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鈥淭he glass was thick safety glass, so the person who was breaking it was using a tool common for breaking windows out of a car,鈥� Barkis told Dori and his listeners. The first arriving employee smelled smoke before discovering the incendiary device inside.

鈥淚t was a flare that burned on the tile floor,鈥� the legislator described. 鈥淏y the grace of God, it burned in the middle of the room. Four inches to the right, it would have incinerated a desk and some chairs in the lobby and the building would have been history.

鈥淵ou know the times we鈥檙e living in,鈥� Barkis continued. 鈥淣ow, with the heat of the political season, every attempt is being made to paint people in a certain light. It鈥檚 no coincidence. People know me,鈥� he said, adding 鈥淚鈥檓 usually blamed for being too moderate.鈥�

Barkis, whose 2^nd Legislative District includes southern Pierce County, and parts of Thurston County, including Yelm and Lacey, is the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee.

鈥淐an you assure me 鈥� 100% 鈥� that this wouldn鈥檛 be some self-inflicted damage to help your fundraising?鈥� Dori asked while trying to assuage any skeptics.

鈥淕od no,鈥� Barkis responded. 鈥淲e stick to the issues. We don鈥檛 do this kind of crap.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檝e watched our cities burn 鈥� in Seattle, Olympia, and Portland,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hese are tactics are not just throwing a rock or spray painting a building. This came to my front stoop 鈥� literally.

鈥淚鈥檓 still in shock,鈥� said Barkis. 鈥淪omebody tried to burn my building down.鈥�

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