An enormous nude statue of former President Donald Trump has been erected outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, over Interstate 15 heading towards Utah.
The statue is 43 feet tall and weighs approximately 6,000 pounds.
According to a TMZ report, the statue, made of foam and rebar, is a marionette with moving arms. #WATCH : Protestors erected a 43-foot naked statue of Donald Trump next to Kamala Harris rally in Las Vegas.#Trump #NudeTrumpStatue #NakedTrump #LasVegas #KamalaHarrisRally pic.twitter.com/qHi1XMDBKv
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"Nudie Trump went up Friday evening ... and, there's no telling when it may come down," the report states. "We're told the team behind the piece wants to start conversations about the election -- so, barring some sort of outrage, this would seemingly stay up through early November."
Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke in Las Vegas on Sunday. POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Nevada Democrats have hung a 43 foot tall, 6000 pound naked President Trump in effigy near Las Vegas on Interstate 15. The display cost $550K+ It is designed to incite violence against and on behalf of the former president.
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The report does not explain who funded or built the graphic statue. 🚨🇺🇸 GIANT NUDE TRUMP STATUE INSTALLED NEAR LAS VEGAS
A 43-foot-tall nude statue of Donald Trump titled "Crooked and Obscene" was erected along Interstate 15 near Las Vegas over the weekend.
The foam and rebar statue has drawn mixed reactions on social media, with some calling… pic.twitter.com/WYcMk2oFiA
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In 2016, an anarchist art collective called Indecline placed five nude statues of Trump in various cities across America.
The sculptures, made of clay and silicone and titled "The Emperor Has No Balls," were installed in Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. Someone erected a small handful of naked Donald Trump statues around the U.S. yesterday 👀😂 pic.twitter.com/9ZLb6vgreE
— UNILAD (@UNILAD) August 19, 2016
Rolling Stone magazine reported at the time, "At exactly 11 in each city – 8 a.m. on the West Coast – two people dressed as construction workers carried out a 6-foot-5, 80-pound object under a blue tarp, brushed away detritus from the ground, spread a thin layer of fast-acting, industrial-strength epoxy, held the object upright for a matter of seconds, and walked away, disappearing into the gathering crowds."
