NYC ‘Stands Firmly Against Any Unpermitted Erection’: Parks Dept Defends Naked Trump Statue Removal
Well-Played?
The New York City Parks Dept. had some fun Thursday afternoon when it removed a life-sized statue of a naked Donald Trump from its famous Union Square park on 14th Street.
NYC Parks Dept removes naked Donald Trump statue from Union Square. Uncensored version: https://t.co/iRhUvdU4FAhttps://t.co/79K7UjqLDB
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 18, 2016
The statues have appeared in cities across the nation, from Seattle to San Francisco, and from Los Angeles to Cleveland to New York.
#TheEmperorHasNoBalls: Naked Donald Trump in Union Square today, before it was removed by two Parks Dept. workers pic.twitter.com/25PiqkNEFq
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) August 18, 2016
The Emperor Has No Balls: Naked Donald Trump in Union Square today pic.twitter.com/tK8osK94Co
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) August 18, 2016
Naked statue of #Trump in #NYC #theemperorhasnoballs pic.twitter.com/EfWl3NIaeh
— V A R D H A N (@vardhan1219) August 18, 2016
The statues, the AP reports, are “the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before.”
So how did the NYC Parks Dept. “win the internet” today?
With its defense of removing the Union Square statue:
.@NYCParks statement on Donald Trump statue: “NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small”
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 18, 2016
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Image by V A R D H A N via Twitter
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