# The Bronze Turd Award appears in Washington DC **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218 "2024-10-25T19:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/1 "2024-10-25T19:24:04Z")
Nobody seems to have noted this, so I will > [@](#): > > # [Bronze Turd Installed On Capitol Mall With Blessing Of The National Park Service](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/24/2279282/-Bronze-Turd-Installed-On-Capitol-Mall-With-Blessing-Of-The-National-Park-Service) > > A group called Civic Crafting is behind the installation, according to Ricardo, a security guard sitting in a car near the monument. He said he was hired to make sure nobody climbs on it. Ricardo said the installation went up at 8 a.m. and that Civic Crafting got a National Park Service permit to keep its turd monument up for seven days. He’ll be on watch the whole time. > > “People have been walking by and then they realize that looks like poop, and they turn around and then they start taking pictures, but then when they go around, they see the plaque,” said Ricardo. “Then they get it. That’s what’s been going on.” ## Here’s a transcript of the inscription: > ### _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._ > > ### _President Trump celebrates these heroes of January 6th as “unbelievable patriots” and “warriors.” This monument stands as testament to their daring sacrifice and lasting legacy._ > **[Bronze Turd Installed On Capitol Mall With Blessing Of The National Park Service](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/24/2279282/-Bronze-Turd-Installed-On-Capitol-Mall-With-Blessing-Of-The-National-Park-Service?utm_campaign=trending)** > > How apropos... Here’s a transcript of the inscription: 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... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/2 "2024-10-25T19:29:57Z")
A few more details on the person(s) behind it: > **[New poop statue displayed near US Capitol to ‘honor’ January 6 rioters](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/poop-pelosi-desk-statue-january-6-insurrectionists)** > > Artwork satirically commemorates people who broke in to the Capitol and defecated on the House speaker’s desk > The statue does not indicate who the artist is or who created it. However, according to the [Washington Post,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/24/dc-poop-statue-jan-6-insurrection-national-mall/) the National Park Service approved a permit request from Julia Jimenez-Pyzik of Civic Crafted LLC to install a statue on the National Mall until 30 October. And it has a name: > It added that the statue is named The Resolute Desk. There will apparently be another one: > According to [NBC News](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/statue-bronze-poop-emoji-nancy-pelosi-desk-dc/4009045/), the permit indicates that another statue, depicting a hand emerging from a stone base and holding a tiki torch, will be installed next week between the Capitol and the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/3 "2024-10-25T22:29:07Z")
Well how about that shit? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/4 "2024-10-25T22:40:47Z")
Man, I love DC. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/5 "2024-11-04T21:19:52Z")
The sequel: > [@](#): > > # Mini Poop Statues Appear At D.C.’s Mysterious Turd Monument ‘Honoring’ Trump > > “A monument isn’t a real monument until cheap souvenirs are involved,” reads an email from the anonymous group behind the statue mocking Jan. 6, 2021, rioters. > > … > > Early Monday morning ― one day before the presidential election ― the anonymous group behind the installation made some new additions: free souvenirs, in the form of mini-poop statues and postcards. > > … > > One statue appeared in a Philadelphia park last week to “honor” Trump for [a “lifetime of sexual assault.”](https://x.com/jbendery/status/1851679357439213585) A [similar monument](https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/10/satirical-trump-statue-appears-overnight-on-downtown-portland-street.html) popped up in Portland, Oregon. A second D.C. monument appeared last week as a “tribute” to Trump for referring to his supporters in the violent 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as [“very fine people.”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bronze-tiki-torch-monument-honors-trump_n_671fd29fe4b07a6029bab3c6) > > Still another statue magically appeared early Monday at the Donald J. Trump State Park in Yorktown Heights, New York. (Yes, there is a state park named after Trump.) > > This monument, called “The Very Large Donald J. Trump Monument,” is more than seven feet wide and eight feet tall, according to a message from one of its anonymous creators. There is a tiny golden mushroom on top of it — a reference to Trump’s former mistress Stormy Daniels saying in her 2018 book that Trump’s manhood is [“smaller than average”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-fallon-small-donald-trump-stormy-daniels_n_65cf3dafe4b0f7fbe7b24b30) and similar to “a mushroom.” > **[Mini Poop Statues Appear At D.C.’s Mysterious Turd Monument ‘Honoring’ Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poop-monument-trump-jan-6-insurrection_n_6728f0f2e4b05debb72b6f29)** > > “A monument isn't a real monument until cheap souvenirs are involved,” reads an email from the anonymous group behind the statue mocking Jan. 6, 2021, rioters. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/6 "2024-11-05T04:11:14Z")
I soooo want a mini poop statue. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/7 "2024-11-05T05:12:19Z")
I’ll make you one tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/8 "2024-11-05T06:06:11Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I soooo want a mini poop statue. You should have been at my shool last Wednesday morning. Some aspiring (and skillful) artist made a mini-statue out of dung and put it right in front of the commode. How I wish I were making this up. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/9 "2024-11-05T13:06:00Z")
At least it wasn’t in the hallway. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/10 "2024-12-19T06:16:13Z")
What happened to it? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bronze-turd-award-appears-in-washington-dc/1009218/11 "2024-12-19T13:25:27Z")
No idea. I can’t find any stories about it this month. Maybe Catalans took it and are hitting it, hoping it will give up its nougat