*Now, Donald Trump has sprawling yellow “Black Lives Matter” murals outside two of his homes.
Following the huge mural in front of the White House in Washington D.C. is another painted Thursday morning on Fifth Avenue, directly in front of Trump Tower. picking up a delayed project that Donald Trump has blasted as a “symbol of hate.”
The city closed off Fifth Avenue from 56th to 57th streets early Thursday as the work got underway. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rev. Al Sharpton took part in the painting.
The Black Lives Matter mural is one of five that will be created in each of the city’s five boroughs.
Watch a recap of the project below:
Of course, 45 took to Twitter to complain.
“Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!” he tweeted.
NYC is cutting Police $’s by ONE BILLION DOLLARS, and yet the @NYCMayor is going to paint a big, expensive, yellow Black Lives Matter sign on Fifth Avenue, denigrating this luxury Avenue. This will further antagonize New York’s Finest, who LOVE New York & vividly remember the….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2020
….horrible BLM chant, “Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon”. Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 1, 2020
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