Democrats slam giant $50k banners of Trump's face on DC buildings as 'propaganda'
Source: msn
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Massive banners of President Donald Trump's face adorning the exteriors of federal buildings in the nation's capital have led some Democratic lawmakers to draw comparisons to the kind of overt displays of authoritarian propaganda under leaders such as Kim Jong Un, Benito Mussolini and Saddam Hussein.
The banners were installed on the buildings of the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, and Health and Human Services in Washington D.C. They have cost taxpayers at least $50,000, according to a new oversight report released by Democratic Senator Adam Schiff's office this week.
"Dictators throughout history have used oversized portraits to convey their power and intimidate their subjects," the report said. "In addition to the waste of taxpayer funds, the Trump Administrations propaganda banners prompt troubling questions about whether the Trump Administration is deliberately modeling itself after authoritarian regimes."
Over four months, the three federal departments contracted enormous political banners to be hung outside their headquarters. Two were for large banners of Trump's portrait, and one was for an 88-foot sign promoting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's "Make America Healthy Again" slogan, the report stated.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/democrats-slam-giant-50k-banners-of-trump-s-face-on-dc-buildings-as-propaganda/ar-AA1MZ1DK
Link to Senator Schiff REPORT (PDF) - https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Propaganda-How-the-Trump-Administration-Is-Breaking-the-Law-and-Wasting-Taxpayer-Dollars-With-Giant-Banners-of-Donald-Trump.pdf

SunSeeker
(56,757 posts)Christopher Plumber had the right idea...
Irish_Dem
(75,246 posts)But plenty of money for huge banners all over DC.
Woodycall
(566 posts)Interesting sum. Do you think that's what Homen used his bribe money for? Inquiring mind want to know!
SunSeeker
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riversedge
(77,922 posts)eppur_se_muova
(40,084 posts)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union:

werdna
(1,115 posts)- start calling a fascist a fascist? Words matter. Framing matters.
Justice matters.
(8,907 posts)"prompt troubling questions" wtf?
Bribes-o-galore?
Breaking all the laws in the books?
Stealing taxpayers' money?
Military in the streets?
Masked thugs kidnapping and disappearing people in concentration camps?
Covering up for billionaire pedophiles?
Cutting healthcare and essential nutrition programs for their tax breaks?
Murdering fishermen on their way to Trinidad or just fishing off-shore?
Threatening to annex foreign nations (formerly "allied" with the US)?
Indimidating and insulting by social-media posts?
I mean, the "questions" have long been answered!
Where have they been?
nwduke
(451 posts)Theres a new target!🤪🤣
riversedge
(77,922 posts)FakeNoose
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Botany
(75,344 posts)
Btw I tried to stay away from DU but I am weak.
riversedge
(77,922 posts)Bayard
(27,100 posts)$50K would buy a lot of groceries.
twodogsbarking
(15,947 posts)Queso Delicioso
(111 posts)You know, for safety.
Exp
(590 posts)tonekat
(2,361 posts)I'm sure they are pretty flammable.
Figarosmom
(8,688 posts)Or cans of wasp spray. Anything that would soil them and can read them.
Don't know why he chose this One Step Beyond photo for his official portrait.
IcyPeas
(24,273 posts)I just ð this. If we have to look at a giant Trð©mp banner, let him be seen with his bestie at his side.
— Blake Lawrence (@blakelawrence.com) 2025-05-21T21:28:57.867Z
h/t to "Paulley Ticks"
It only took one day of looking at this banner of Trump hanging side by side with Lincoln on the USDA building for someone to come up with this meme.
— Patty Kennedy (@pattykennedyart.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T18:00:39.016Z
Kid Berwyn
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