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Trump’s day goes from bad to worse as painting gets underway of huge Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower after President called it a ‘symbol of hate’.
Work began on the ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue Thursday morning.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was pictured helping to paint the installation, tweeting: ‘Our city isn’t just painting the words on Fifth Avenue. We’re committed to the meaning of the message.’ He was joined by NYC’s first lady Chirlane McCray, and Rev. Al Sharpton.
He had last week temporarily called off the mural just feet from Trump’s former home a day after engaging in a Twitter spat with the president. Trump branded the painting it a ‘symbol of hate’ and demanded the money for its creation be spent on the NYPD instead.
De Blasio had last week temporarily called off the mural just feet from Trump’s former home a day after engaging in a Twitter spat with the president. Trump branded the painting it a ‘symbol of hate’ and demanded the money for its creation be spent on the NYPD instead.
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De Blasio announced the city would paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on streets at locations around the city following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May. Department of Transportation workers began work at the site at around 10am Thursday morning.
The mayor was heckled by a a couple of onlookers after arriving at the site, The New York Post reports. He left 20 minutes after arriving and having posed for pictures filling in the ‘L’ on the mural.
Its painting came on the same day the Supreme Court dealt a stunning blow to the president by ruling that his bank and his accountants must hand over his tax returns that New York prosecutors had demanded.
The court ruled 7-2 that Trump is not immune as president from subpoenas, in an opinion that tested both the power of local prosecutors and Congress to obtain information.
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