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'Cops as pigs' painting permanently removed from Capitol
The Washington Examiner ^ | January 17, 2017 | Kelly Cohen

Posted on 01/17/2017 9:50:07 AM PST by kevcol

A controversial painting depicting police officers as pigs has been permanently removed from the Capitol complex.

The office of Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., — a former sheriff who officially appealed to the Architect of the Capitol that the painting be removed — confirmed to the Washington Examiner that it was taken down for good on Tuesday.

The painting, done by a black Missouri teenager, was one of hundreds of winners of the Congressional Art Competition. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., hung it in the tunnel leading from the Cannon building to the Capitol complex.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: California; US: Missouri; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: art; blm; california; capitolhill; clay; davereichert; davidpulphus; duncanhunter; ferguson; lacyclay; leo; lookwhohatescops; missouri; pulphus; racebaiters; waroncops; washington; whatshisfrnick; williamclay
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Painting of Cops as Pigs Hung Proudly in US Capitol
1 posted on 01/17/2017 9:50:07 AM PST by kevcol
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2 posted on 01/17/2017 9:50:24 AM PST by kevcol
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To: kevcol

GOOD!


3 posted on 01/17/2017 9:50:34 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: kevcol

If a white teen had submitted a painting insulting to the black community I wonder how long it would have taken to get it down? My guess? Minutes.

And the press? They would NOT have been screaming about ‘free speech’...


4 posted on 01/17/2017 9:53:26 AM PST by GOPJ ("Reporters honored MLK by spreading hate & lies. News at 11." - Freeper FreedomGuru)
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To: kevcol

Looks like some 2nd grade inner city “art” project.


5 posted on 01/17/2017 9:54:54 AM PST by onedoug
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So the Congresscritter represents St. Louis and FERGUSON...................


6 posted on 01/17/2017 9:56:01 AM PST by Red Badger (If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?............)
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To: kevcol

“was one of hundreds of winners of the Congressional Art Competition”

In WHAT category?


7 posted on 01/17/2017 9:56:47 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (GET OUT OF DONALD'S HOUSE!)
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To: kevcol

“..”...what would motivate an 18 year to express himself in this way, .....”

yep...real head scratcher there..../sarcasm


8 posted on 01/17/2017 9:58:16 AM PST by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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should have left it with a sign reading how this is what the democrats think of police


9 posted on 01/17/2017 9:58:29 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Ryan should have been on top of this


10 posted on 01/17/2017 9:59:52 AM PST by RummyChick (Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
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To: kevcol

One ignoramus democrat lawmaker was actually citing the kids first amendment right to have the painting displayed.

I’m not sure what is worse - that the lawmaker could be so ignorant as to believe that the the 1A gives us the RIGHT to a “podium”, OR that the lawmaker could so easily deceive his audience...


11 posted on 01/17/2017 10:00:43 AM PST by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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Nothing honorable about that pos.


12 posted on 01/17/2017 10:01:35 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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a can of Kiwi lighter fluid and a match would have done it for me.


13 posted on 01/17/2017 10:02:24 AM PST by llevrok (je sui cou rouge !)
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Disgusting....but tells what these kids are really like...and what they espouse....


14 posted on 01/17/2017 10:03:51 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: onedoug
Looks like some 2nd grade inner city “art” project.

As the "artist" is an 18 yr old St. Louis youth...it probably actually is a 2nd grade project
15 posted on 01/17/2017 10:04:06 AM PST by kevcol
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I thought that was a fat rhino with his ribs showing. They can’t even get pigs right.


16 posted on 01/17/2017 10:04:19 AM PST by Trillian
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There’s gonna be a new sheriff in town come Friday. That’s why this was removed. Congress didn’t want to give Trump the ammo.


17 posted on 01/17/2017 10:04:30 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: GOPJ

Are they SURE it wasn’t done by a lily white liberal kid named “Pulphus” getting directed by a political activist/instigator?


18 posted on 01/17/2017 10:12:39 AM PST by piasa
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
In WHAT category?

Communist agitprop.

19 posted on 01/17/2017 10:14:01 AM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: kevcol

Kid forgot to depict the beauty parlor going up in flames as “peaceful protesters” exit it carrying the cash register and all the hair extensions and beauty products they could grab. He also forgot to include the white communist agitators.


20 posted on 01/17/2017 10:15:38 AM PST by piasa
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