In the days leading up to the election, mysterious monuments continue to appear in cities across the United States, mocking candidate Donald Trump and his supporters.
On Wednesday, a large statue of Trump went up in Maja Park in Philadelphia. Titled “In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault,” the instancia, which shows Trump smiling and holding her hand suggestively, cites the infamous 2005 recording, leaked in 2016, in which Trump is heard bragging about sexually assaulting to women.
The monument was quickly removed, Philly Voice reported.
A comparable satirical statue was found in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday. It was beheaded that day and further damaged by a Portland City Council candidate and Trump supporter, who filmed himself chipping away at the colchoneta of the statue.
Under statues in Philadelphia and Portland is a plaque with Trump boasting about his status and how it allows him to sexually assault women: “I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
The two statues, in Philadelphia and Portland, were placed behind and next to nude sculptures authorized by the respective cities.
The Entry Hollywood tape was recorded in 2005 and published by the Washington Post in 2016, a month before that year's elections. The release of the tape shook the election and some Republicans withdrew their support for Trump.
Although Trump has never been criminally charged with sexual crimes, 27 women have accused him of sexual assault. Last year, a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll in a civil lawsuit.
The recent statues in Philadelphia and Portland follow other Trump-related satirical statues found across the country.
In Washington on Monday, a tiki torch statue titled “Donald J. Trump's Enduring Flame” was placed a few blocks from the White House. The statue evokes the 2017 Unite the Proper white nationalist rally, in which neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The first satirical statue, installed last Thursday also in Washington, represents a pile of bronze feces on Nancy Pelosi's desk and refers to the January 6 attack. After Trump supporters marched to the Capitol that day, some stormed the building, attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
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“This monument honors the brave men and women who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate, and defecate in those hallowed halls to overturn an election,” the statue read.
Although it is unknown who is behind the four statues, the Washington Post reported that the National Park Service approved a request by Julia Jiménez-Pyzik to install the poop monument at the Nationwide Mall. On Tuesday, an anonymous person named El Washington Put up to say that he and others were behind the tiki torch and poop installations. On Wednesday, the same person called again stating that they were also responsible for the Philadelphia and Portland statues.
“We hope they spark a conversation about what we consider to be certain political issues that are relevant to voters and how they make their decisions when voting,” the anonymous caller told the Put up.
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