FINANCIAL DISTRICT, Manhattan — A statue of a naked Hillary Clinton appeared in a crowded area of lower Manhattan during rush hour Tuesday morning, attracting a swarm of onlookers vying for a photo as well as angry opposition.
Photos of the statue depicting the Democratic presidential nominee naked with hoofed feet appeared on social media Tuesday.
A video from the New York Daily News captured a heated confrontation as a large crowd looked on. A woman angered by the statue topples it over and tries to destroys it, then sits on it to prevent the artist — who the Daily News identified as 27-year-old Anthony Scioli — from saving his figure, the video shows.
No group has publicly taken responsibility for the statue, but a sign at its base credited for its creation "Mini Master and Boogie Night Production," according to the Daily News.
The Clinton statue was placed in a part of the Financial District often packed with tourists and commuters rushing to work — steps away from Wall Street's famous Charging Bull sculpture and the entrance to the Bowling Green subway station.
NYPD responded to the commotion caused by the statue at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. But by the time officers arrived at the scene, the Clinton statue had been removed, police said.
The statue appeared exactly two months after sculptures of Donald Trump in the nude were erected in Union Square and other cities across the country. The group behind the five Trump statues, Indecline, was silent as of Tuesday afternoon.
The naked Hillary Clinton statue appeared in the Financial District on Tuesday morning. (Instagram/@janeth201)
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Art critics!
#1: Stoner To: hondo68 (#0)
Stoner posted on 2016-10-18 19:52:56 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: hondo68, tater (#0)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-18 20:54:58 Reply Private Reply
#3: nolu chan To: buckeroo, hondo68, Gatlin (#2)
Nope. It's a Wall Street banker.
nolu chan posted on 2016-10-18 21:35:47 Reply Private Reply
#4: Hondo68 To: buckeroo, tattle tater, Juan McCain campaign, ding dongs (#2)
A pair of McCain campaign workers, headed for the Trump Towers Transgender Bathrooms.
Trying out for a new job.
Hondo68 posted on 2016-10-18 21:45:19 Reply Private Reply
#5: buckeroo To: nolu chan, tater (#3)
Oh, some bull-shitting potatoe peeler from an ordinary job that happened to take advantage of government pensions is an exempt, 'eh?
Socialists want control on all of freedoms; tater is a representative of that political philosophy.
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-18 22:46:19 Reply Private Reply
#6: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#5)
And you expect everyone here to believe that you are or will mail back your social security checks?
lol... filthy liar.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-18 23:58:34 Reply Private Reply
#7: rlk To: hondo68 (#0)
The statue appeared exactly two months after sculptures of Donald Trump in the nude were erected in Union Square and other cities across the country.
That's odd. The statues of Trump were looked upon as a triumph of free expression.
rlk posted on 2016-10-19 00:00:44 Reply Private Reply
#8: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#6)
Don't worry about a thing.
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 09:31:33 Reply Private Reply
#9: VxH To: Stoner (#1)
Careful. The "culture" of perversion (who thought penises in libraries were fashionable a few years ago) might get inspired to erect a statue of naked Hillary whipping a horse if you keep giving them ideas like that!
VxH posted on 2016-10-19 10:02:35 Reply Private Reply
#10: Gatlin To: buckeroo, GrandIsland, A K A Stone (#8)
In a number of places, Google shows your name, address, age and that you work for S***** Industries.
According to the age shown in various places, you are definitely eligible for social security.
Are you lying about not being eligible for social security, or is the internet wrong about your age?
Edit - I forgot:
Gatlin posted on 2016-10-19 10:33:38 Reply Private Reply
#11: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#10)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 12:03:20 Reply Private Reply
#12: Gatlin To: buckeroo (#11)
I repeat: Are you lying about not being eligible for social security, or is the internet wrong about your age?
Gatlin posted on 2016-10-19 12:23:43 Reply Private Reply
#13: Deckard To: buckeroo (#11)
What a sad pathetic life he must lead.
Deckard posted on 2016-10-19 12:32:38 Reply Private Reply
#14: Gatlin To: Deckard (#13)
Gatlin posted on 2016-10-19 12:48:45 Reply Private Reply
#15: buckeroo To: Gatlin (#12)
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 13:41:32 Reply Private Reply
#16: buckeroo To: Deckard (#13)
He thinks his life is pretty good in Scottsdale, Az. He is known as "hoody" over at Ike's Liquor Store as he crouches down gulping his cheap wine and playing on the Internet with his free government issued Iphone (for the homeless and destitute) ... yup a BIG man, in his opin.
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 13:47:15 Reply Private Reply
#17: Deckard To: buckeroo (#16)
He's been telling us for years that he lives in an "exclusive" gated community.
Guess all that cheap booze makes him think he's something special.
Deckard posted on 2016-10-19 13:49:43 Reply Private Reply
#18: buckeroo To: Deckard (#17)
"In his own mind"
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 13:52:16 Reply Private Reply
#19: Mudboy Slim To: Deckard (#13)
On a related subject, U STILL claiming to B the Hildabeest's biggest and bestest supporter on THIS planet, ol' Bucky Ol' Pal?!
LOL...can't believe yer still alive and kickin', my ol' FRiend and oftimes FRenemy...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2016-10-19 14:17:38 Reply Private Reply
#20: Mudboy Slim To: Deckard (#17)
Welll, all MUD NOSE is that cheap booze makes MUD as especially schnockered as all that high-falutin' expensive KRAP.
As long as it ain't AristocRAT, I'm good with anything that numbs/destroys my brain cells adequately 4 me to cop a buzz...MUD
Mudboy Slim posted on 2016-10-19 14:20:27 Reply Private Reply
#21: Deckard To: Mudboy Slim (#20)
Here ya go sport!
Make sure you share it with Gatlin.
Hey - you "retired" from the songwriting gig or what?
Deckard posted on 2016-10-19 16:23:10 Reply Private Reply
#22: Rufus T Firefly To: rlk (#7)
For the artist's sake, I hope it doesn't get found out who did this atrocity.
After Jan 2017, it will be a capital offense.
Rufus T Firefly posted on 2016-10-19 16:28:10 Reply Private Reply
#23: goldilucky To: hondo68 (#0)
goldilucky posted on 2016-10-19 17:43:36 Reply Private Reply
#24: GrandIsland To: Gatlin (#12)
Set up an account, you will have to pay for the info... But it will be VERY accurate. Full name, ailiases, last addresses, social security number, bankruptcy, email addresses and phone numbers accociated with the asshole.
I use to use it to close out old old warrants.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-10-19 19:44:32 Reply Private Reply
#25: buckeroo To: GrandIsland, tater, taterTHON (#24)
He doesn't have the money. We will have to take up a taterTHON on LF for tater.
buckeroo posted on 2016-10-19 21:11:48 Reply Private Reply
#26: Mudboy Slim To: Deckard, Rufus T Firefly (#21)
Nope, I've just moved onto recording my stuff now. Believe it or not, I can sing/holler/croon/yodel really, REALLY LOUD, although how well is oftimes debated...LOL!!
Appreciate yer askin', though...I'll be posting songs again afore ya nose it...MUD 8^D!!
Mudboy Slim posted on 2016-10-22 12:04:27 Reply Private Reply
#27: Mudboy Slim To: Deckard, Gatlin (#21)
ROFL...yeah, I reckon Gatlin's good fer ALL my share of the Sterno. I must confess that I usually only drink stuff you can buy at the ABC store.
Then again, Virginia now sells moonshine at our ABC stores and some of that rotgut might as well be Sterno...MUD
BTW...27 equals three-cubed...hmmm...and how old were MojoRisin, JimiH, the Pearl, Bryan Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse when they died? Yep...three-cubed.
Mudboy Slim posted on 2016-10-22 12:09:09 Reply Private Reply