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Giant inflatable rat bearing resemblance to Trump appears on Fifth Ave.
by Kerry Burke and Christopher Brennan
New York Daily News
August 14, 2017
New York City”™s rats have gotten much bigger “¦ and blond.
A giant inflatable of President Trump, in the style of labor unions”™ blow up rodents, is greeting Midtown residents and tourists Monday afternoon at Fifth Ave. and 59th St.
The grotesque model of Trump was claimed by gallery Bravin Lee, who said that the inflatable rat is “an enduring sign of resistance and ridicule.”
“I was always passing by these non-union construction sites on my bike and I saw these inflatable rats. I was amazed at how effective they were. I marveled at how disgusting they were,” gallery owner John Post Lee told the Daily News.
The inflatable protest was funded through a Kickstarter, and Lee said that it was [designed by artist Jeffrey Beebe and] made in Brunwick, Ohio.
Gallery owner John Post Lee said that he was inspired by labor unions using inflatable rats.
Bravin Lee said they plan to keep the “rat” scurrying around to different events.