It is the art of hate.
In the wake of two assassination attempts on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a Brooklyn artist thought it would be a good idea to revive a 500-pound art project: a tombstone inscribed with the former commander-in-chief's name. .
And liberals are also rooting for it.
“There were some very happy people, very celebratory people,” creator Brian Andrew Whiteley told the Post. “People were just celebrating, shouting yes, yes, yes, dancing, taking pictures of several groups at a time with the tombstones.”
The Legacy Stone, made from Vermont granite, bears Trump's name and year of birth, but not his date of death.
The inscription at the base reads, “I Hated America Again.”
Whiteley first created the sculpture in May 2016, when Trump was first running for president, and despite raising eyebrows and receiving calls from the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, it was built in Central Park. It was set up in a sheep pasture.
The stone was seized by the New York City Police Department and kept in an evidence vault in Queens for four months before being returned. It still has markings and evidence tags from law enforcement.
The artist insisted that the tombstone was not a call to violence.
“Honestly, it was about Trump and his ego…I felt like this was like a Dickens Christmas story, kind of foreshadowing where his legacy would be,” White said. Lee spoke inside the satellite art show gallery. Broome Street, where the stone is currently on display.
Trump fans aren't funny.
“This so-called artist thinks this stunt is cutting edge, but it's actually not. Edgy will be going to Iran with art to promote women's rights on the Ayatollah's doorstep. Instead, he is displaying this tombstone after two assassination attempts on President Trump, in addition to Iran's ongoing plot to kill him. This is dangerous.” (R-Fla.) spoke about the art exhibit.
Whiteley condemned the multiple attempts made on Trump's life and said his work was not intended to incite violence in any way.
“I think we should kick his butt at the ballot box,” Whiteley said.
