The controversial statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding palms has been reinstalled on the Nationwide Mall virtually every week after it was taken down by the Nationwide Park Service.
“Similar to a toppled Accomplice basic compelled again onto a public sq., the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein statue has risen from the rubble to face gloriously on the Nationwide Mall as soon as once more,” a rep for the Secret Handshake wrote in an e mail. “The ‘Why Can’t We Be Mates?’ (initially titled Greatest Mates Eternally) statue is repaired and again up for a restricted time on third Road simply north of the U.S. Capitol.”
The statue was erected Thursday afternoon after the nameless “satirical activist” group says it labored “nonstop on methods to get this up legally inside the Parks Division’s course of. We’re up there with their permission and data. We’ll see if that issues,” the rep wrote.
Carol Flaisher, a D.C.-based location supervisor contracted by Secret Handshake to acquire the suitable allow for the statue, stated she utilized for it 48 hours in the past. The rep for Secret Handshake shared an e mail from NPS confirming that the allow had been granted.
“Similar to a toppled Accomplice basic compelled again onto a public sq., the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein statue has risen from the rubble to face gloriously on the Nationwide Mall as soon as once more,” a rep for the Secret Handshake wrote in an e mail.
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One other e mail from NPS to Secret Handshake confirms, “You could have a primary modification demonstration allow. Usually, first modification permits are allowed to proceed. We’re nonetheless ready for additional steering.”
“We now have no real interest in pissing off the Park Service,” the Secret Handshake rep stated. “We wish to work inside their boundaries and have needed that from the start.”
Citing a peak discrepancy, the Nationwide Park Service eliminated the 12-foot statue with out discover Sept. 24 — lower than 24 hours after it was erected on the Nationwide Mall. It later denied a second allow to reinstall the statue.
“We’ve been doing this for thus lengthy. I’ve by no means had one rejected, ever, ever, ever,” Flaisher stated final week.
