Not only are divisive sculptures that make fun of former President donald trump appearing in Washington, D.C., but other cities have also seen the emergence of similar constructions in recent days. When two sculptures in the hue of bronze suddenly emerged in the nation's capital last week, it created a sensation.
A model of former house Speaker Nancy Peloi's desk, covered with a mound of excrement, was first placed in front of the US Capitol. "Brave men and women who broke into the united states Capitol on january 6, 2021, to loot, urinate, and defecate throughout those hallowed halls to overturn an election" are honored, according to the plaque.
Then, over the weekend, a large sculpture of a hand holding a tiki torch—reminiscent of the torches used by white nationalists at the fatal 2017 Unite the Right rally—sprang up in a plaza close to the White House. "Trump and the very fine people' he boldly stood to defend when they marched in Charlottesville, Virginia," reads the plaque dedicated to it.
It turns out that at about the same time, two more satirical monuments appeared in Portland, Oregon, and Philadelphia. Both, themed In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault, were positioned next to an existing monument of a lady and included a life-sized figure of trump dressed in a suit. It depicts him with one palm curled in what may be seen as a provocative gesture and a closed-mouth smile.
The plaques also include quotes from the notorious 2005 Access hollywood video, which showed him using foul language while speaking to then-host Billy Bush about kissing women and uninvitedly groping them between their legs.
"They let you do it when you're a star." The video appeared a month before the 2016 election and featured trump saying, "You can do anything." He received a lot of criticism for it, but it didn't prevent him from becoming president.
Trump has rejected dozens of women's public accusations of sexual misbehavior that date back to the 1970s.
Stacey Williams, a former model for sports Illustrated, was the most recent to accuse trump of inappropriate sexual behavior last week. She said that trump touched her in 1993 as Jeffrey Epstein, who was eventually found guilty of sex charges, watched. A jury held trump responsible in 2023 after another, writer E. Jean Carroll, sued him twice for defamation after he denied sexually harassing her in a department store dressing room in Manhattan in 1996.
An arm's length away from a 1975 sculpture of a naked lady, the trump figure was seen on a Portland sidewalk on Sunday.
A model of former house Speaker Nancy Peloi's desk, covered with a mound of excrement, was first placed in front of the US Capitol. "Brave men and women who broke into the united states Capitol on january 6, 2021, to loot, urinate, and defecate throughout those hallowed halls to overturn an election" are honored, according to the plaque.
Then, over the weekend, a large sculpture of a hand holding a tiki torch—reminiscent of the torches used by white nationalists at the fatal 2017 Unite the Right rally—sprang up in a plaza close to the White House. "Trump and the very fine people' he boldly stood to defend when they marched in Charlottesville, Virginia," reads the plaque dedicated to it.
It turns out that at about the same time, two more satirical monuments appeared in Portland, Oregon, and Philadelphia. Both, themed In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault, were positioned next to an existing monument of a lady and included a life-sized figure of trump dressed in a suit. It depicts him with one palm curled in what may be seen as a provocative gesture and a closed-mouth smile.
The plaques also include quotes from the notorious 2005 Access hollywood video, which showed him using foul language while speaking to then-host Billy Bush about kissing women and uninvitedly groping them between their legs.
"They let you do it when you're a star." The video appeared a month before the 2016 election and featured trump saying, "You can do anything." He received a lot of criticism for it, but it didn't prevent him from becoming president.
Trump has rejected dozens of women's public accusations of sexual misbehavior that date back to the 1970s.
Stacey Williams, a former model for sports Illustrated, was the most recent to accuse trump of inappropriate sexual behavior last week. She said that trump touched her in 1993 as Jeffrey Epstein, who was eventually found guilty of sex charges, watched. A jury held trump responsible in 2023 after another, writer E. Jean Carroll, sued him twice for defamation after he denied sexually harassing her in a department store dressing room in Manhattan in 1996.
An arm's length away from a 1975 sculpture of a naked lady, the trump figure was seen on a Portland sidewalk on Sunday.
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