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Clothing company erects billboard of Marine Corps vet hogtying Trump in front of White House
The Hill ^ | 10/20/19 | Aris Folley

Posted on 10/20/2019 2:41:56 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Clothing company erects billboard of Marine Corps vet hogtying Trump in front of White House

A clothing company based in Oregon is stoking controversy with its new advertisement erected on a billboard in Times Square that depicts President Trump being tied up in front of the White House.

Footage of the billboard for the clothing company Dhvani shows Trump in distress as a model, who is also a Marine Corps veteran, hogties him with a red, white and blue lasso amid a storm before the White House.

Avi Brown, the CEO behind the Portland-based brand, told The Washington Post that the American flag-themed rope used to hogtie the Trump impersonator in the ad was inspired by the Wonder Woman’s famed “truth lasso.” Brown also said the storm in the backdrop of the ad “represents the inevitable and supernatural power of justice.”

The billboard is one advertisement in a series from the company taking aim at Trump, including another that depicts a group of women taping the president’s mouth shut with duct tape.

Brown told the Post that the company decided to put up the ad in Times Square to give “a voice to women.” The company is coming out against the Title X "gag rule,” specifically, according to the Post.

Brown told the newspaper that the company, which plans to donate some of its proceeds after the ad campaign to Planned Parenthood, has “never taken a political stand before but frankly, we were fed up.”

“This is just saying: Let’s put a gag order on him. Enough is enough. We support impeachment,” Brown said, while also adding: “Our intent is for our brand to stand for progressive change in the face of what we perceive to be steps backwards in the evolution of our country.”

The 30-foot tall billboard was condemned by the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., on Twitter last Friday.

“Hey @nytimes and MSM. Since you had time to thoroughly cover a stupid and tasteless meme seen by 8 people with incredible outrage, I figured you should dedicate the same time and outrage to THIS BILLBOARD IN TIMES SQUARE you hypocrites!” he tweeted. “Unless of course you’re just full of sh*t.”

SNIP


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ads; dhvani; nyc; nyt; president; sedition; tds; trump
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Please don’t let the Shithole Portland freaks confuse you. There are more Trump supporters here than you think. The Demoncrats have been throwing mail in ballots from republicans and independents away! Trump WON all but 3 counties here I spite of it! The Republicans need to get their poll watchers in here and stop this shit!


41 posted on 10/20/2019 3:07:16 PM PDT by doc maverick (I)
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To: yesthatjallen

Had i the money I’d like to see a tit for tat for all these violent images.

Free speech is a thing and it’s political speech. I wouldn’t ban it but answer it.

Let’s see a billboard of Obama being hogtied. (Normally I would not approve). How do they like that?

Let’s see a tweet of a liberal icons bloody head being held up by a comedienne lookalike.

Let’s see a cartoon of a spiked heel impaling Bernie Sanders.

This should cause some self examination. If one is ok so is the other.


42 posted on 10/20/2019 3:07:57 PM PDT by Persevero (Desmond is not -Amazing- Desmond is -Abused-)
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To: yesthatjallen; All

This Dhvani clothing company has a LEGAL DISCLAIMER on its website. Y’all get a load of it!

https://www.dhvani.com/pages/legal-disclaimer

All persons depicted in their advertising fictional, not intended to resemble real people! They don’t condone violence of any kind!!


43 posted on 10/20/2019 3:13:11 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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To: yesthatjallen

Where were they when Obama allowed boys to walk into the girls room.Boys to take over girls sports.Little girls to buy abortion pills at the drug store.


44 posted on 10/20/2019 3:16:42 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: mumblypeg

Not intended to resemble real people??


45 posted on 10/20/2019 3:19:41 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: raybbr

And then they hate you for looking at them....


46 posted on 10/20/2019 3:22:14 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

More like a Demi Moore hear-me-roar kind of `Marine’.

And notice there’s no USMC uniform, just black Spandex. So what makes this broad a `Marine vet’? A press release?

You Portlanders with your heads still on straight need to evac, pronto. The South calls to you.


47 posted on 10/20/2019 3:23:40 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: yesthatjallen

good way to cut their potential market in half ...


48 posted on 10/20/2019 3:38:19 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: neverevergiveup
Not intended to resemble real people??

Their size chart makes that very clear.

49 posted on 10/20/2019 3:41:01 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: yesthatjallen

That is not hogtying.


50 posted on 10/20/2019 3:44:17 PM PDT by sport
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To: sport

When democrats are in power. They use it, very effectively. They stomp on any discontent and actually punish people.


51 posted on 10/20/2019 3:52:21 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: yesthatjallen
But this is wrong

#triggered

52 posted on 10/20/2019 3:58:55 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: yesthatjallen

“We support impeachment”

Notice how they never “support” this with naming a “ high crime and misdemeanor”

Ignorant people who must be dealt with. By any means necessary


53 posted on 10/20/2019 4:09:53 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Pussie Smollett, Mizzou, campus fake nooses, fake "protests" FAKE EVERYTHING Hey CNN?)
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To: BenLurkin

Precisely my thought.


54 posted on 10/20/2019 4:10:14 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standupr Philosopher)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Silicone?


55 posted on 10/20/2019 4:17:09 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: yesthatjallen

Unbelievable, it’s truly evil! Can you imagine the blow-back and outcome if there had been a similar billboard featuring Obama? I’m sure arrests and jail time to follow, at the very least.


56 posted on 10/20/2019 4:22:15 PM PDT by twyn1
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To: BradyLS
"...They also have to wear yoga pants..."

And stiletto heels!

57 posted on 10/20/2019 4:24:58 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ezra 4:15

” That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. “

I am concerned for New York and Portland.


58 posted on 10/20/2019 4:26:27 PM PDT by Norski
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

I hope Avi Brown, whoever he / she / it may be, and Dhvani (never heard of them) both go bankrupt.


59 posted on 10/20/2019 4:28:22 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Adam Schitt.....the enemy of the people!)
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To: yesthatjallen
Our Mission

DHVANI is committed to creating change in the world. When you wear DHVANI, you directly support our mission as you #StandForSomething.

Thanks to YOU, DHVANI takes action every single day, with every single sale. So we make products for YOU, because like us, you’re committed to making the world a better place. We want you to be the best version of yourself, tap into your own strength, and embody change. We want you to feel powerful and beautiful in your own body and skin. We want you to be valued and respected for who you are.

When we are this strong, this empowered, we can change this world.

DHVANI makes an impact by partnering with organizations that make change. Each season, our featured nonprofit partner gets a portion of every sale. If you’d like to suggest an organization, email us at campaigns@dhvani.com. DHVANI is proudly headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA

And they want you to shop naked.

I should suggest the NRA for their donations.

60 posted on 10/20/2019 4:32:36 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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