They don't like trash talk.
Washington, D.C.'s Regional Transit Authority has condemned a transit ad spotted near the Capitol that compared MAGA hat wearers to trash.
Incendiary ad discovered by Capitol Hill Baptist Church says 'Keep D.C. trash free' Pastor Caleb Morrell.
The ad features a line drawn inside a red circle over an image of a person in a MAGA hat holding a book that says “Project 2025.”
The bottom of the ad includes the District of Columbia Department of Public Works and the Mayor's Office Clean Cities Program logos.
DDOT DC quickly denied any involvement in creating the politically charged ads.
“This image was not created, funded, or approved by the DC government. Our team is currently working to remove it,” DDOT DC wrote to X in response to Morrell's post.
“If you see more images like this, we encourage you to call 311.”
When asked for comment, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's office referred the Post to DDOT DC's response.
It's unclear who is behind the ad, but it's not the first time a US city has been plagued by questionable political ads.
For example, in the fall, artists known as: @winstontseng on Instagram I'm outraged that the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles are behind false art that claims they support Vice President Kamala Harris.
He claimed he did not know how the Fugazi ad depicting Harris in team costume ended up appearing near a bus stop in the City of Brotherly Love.
During the final stretch of the 2024 election, President Biden appeared to call supporters of President-elect Donald Trump trash, sparking a huge backlash.
“The only trash I see floating around out there is his supporters. Mr. Biden's demonization of Latinos is unconscionable and un-American,” Biden said in an October interview with the advocacy group Voto Latino. mentioned in the webcast.
Biden's comments came in response to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's quip that the U.S. territory is a “floating island of trash” during the opening speech of Trump's blockbuster Madison Square Garden rally. It's a thing.
The White House was quickly scrambling to clean up Biden's remarks, even though a video showed him interrupting his remarks. He tried to claim that it was suspicious that he had made the statement.
This clean-up attempt caused distress to the White House stenographer who oversaw the recording.
Biden's team insisted the president meant to refer to Hinchcliffe's “hateful” rhetoric, not what Trump supporters have said loudly.
Mr. Trump later posed for a photo of himself wearing an orange vest and getting into a garbage truck to attack Mr. Biden.
