Mysterious Statues Popping up in D.C. - Pelosi Poop Desk

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It started with the poop desk.

An unusual bronze sculpture appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last week: a replica of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk, topped with her nameplate, a landline phone, Post-it Notes, file folders and a perfectly swirled pile of feces, a la poop emoji.

“This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate throughout those hallowed halls in order to overturn an election,” reads the plaque on the pedestal below.

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The National Park Service originally granted a permit to a group called Civic Crafted LLC to display the statue until Wednesday evening, but later extended it an extra week through the evening of Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day. NPR has reached out to the woman named in the permit

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According to the permit shared with NPR, the statue is called The Resolute Desk and is meant to represent the heart of democracy.

"Here, the power of the people finds its expression through the diligent efforts of those who serve the public good," it says. "When rioters broke in to destroy these ideals, this desk stands firm, so too must the principles of equality, justice and freedom that it represents."

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The new statue — which the permit shows was granted to the same group behind the desk — made its debut this week in Freedom Plaza, an area along Pennsylvania Avenue just blocks from the White House.

The bronze-colored statue depicts a fist clutching a tiki torch, an object that took on additional symbolism after white nationalists carried them as they marched through Charlottesville, Va., at the “Unite the Right” rally in August 2017.

The plaque on the 97-inch-tall sculpture, titled The Donald J. Trump Enduring Flame, makes reference to that very event.

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“This monument pays tribute to President Donald Trump and the ‘very fine people’ he boldly stood to defend when they marched in Charlottesville, Virginia,” it reads.

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