{"id":2384989,"date":"2024-12-31T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-attack-after-dc-denies-involvement-with-anti-trump-trash-posters-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T14:57:04","slug":"republicans-attack-after-dc-denies-involvement-with-anti-trump-trash-posters-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-attack-after-dc-denies-involvement-with-anti-trump-trash-posters-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans attack after DC denies involvement with anti-Trump \u2018trash\u2019 posters &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-attack-after-dc-denies-involvement-with-anti-trump-trash-posters-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2384989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the\u2064 backlash from Republican circles following the denial\u2063 by Washington, D.C. officials regarding their involvement with controversial \u200banti-Trump posters. These posters, which feature an image of President-elect Donald Trump alongside the slogan &#8220;Keep DC trash \u2062free,&#8221; were reportedly mistaken for government-funded transit ads.Although D.C.\u200d officials \u2063asserted that they did not create, fund, or authorize the posters, Trump&#8217;s team expressed skepticism\u200d about the \u200dveracity of these claims. Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">rapid\u200d response director\u200d specifically questioned<\/a> the legitimacy of\u2063 the officials&#8217; statements in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans attack after DC denies involvement with anti-Trump &lsquo;trash&rsquo; posters<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1452498\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s allies suggested that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Washington, D.C.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muriel-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">officials<\/a> might be lying after they denied funding unflattering posters with Trump&rsquo;s image on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The anti-Trump posters, which depict the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> with the words &ldquo;Keep DC trash free,&rdquo; initially appeared to be created as transit ads funded by the district&rsquo;s government and were first reported in the capital over the weekend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although Washington officials have said the &ldquo;image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government,&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s rapid response director questioned whether they were telling the truth in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacobkschneider\/status\/1873502630653354415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Bowser denies involvement, but you have to wonder&hellip;&rdquo; Jake Schneider said after slamming the posters for calling &ldquo;President Trump and MAGA supporters &lsquo;trash.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A host of Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gadot_paul\/status\/1873834815650488326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">responded<\/a> to his post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeborahJSimmon1\/status\/1873728360909779196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">agreeing<\/a> that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1812608\/george-floyd-protests-culminate-in-massive-dc-assembly-on-trumps-doorstep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">difficult <\/a>relationship with Trump during his first term in office, &ldquo;is lying.&rdquo; Others compared the incident to President Joe Biden&rsquo;s controversial statement in October when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3208564\/biden-garbage-gaffe-trump-supporters-republicans-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called <\/a>Trump supporters &ldquo;garbage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government, and our team has already removed the image.<\/p>\n<p>If you see additional images like this, we encourage you to report them to 311. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e4BELQJ1ma\">pic.twitter.com\/e4BELQJ1ma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DDOT DC (@DDOTDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDOTDC\/status\/1873544241882034268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One anti-Trump poster was spotted at a bike-share dock on 3rd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE, which is a ten-minute walk from the Capitol building.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-new-york-herald-publish-this-political-cartoon-about-the-u-s-and-pakistan\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did The New York Herald Publish This Political Cartoon About The U.S. And Pakistan?\">bottom left corner<\/a> of the poster, a red prohibition symbol lies over an image of Trump&rsquo;s face as he holds a copy of Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint ridiculed by the Left that the president-elect has disavowed. At the bottom of the poster are the words, &ldquo;Mayor&rsquo;s office of the Clean City DC.&rdquo; On the right-hand corner is an image resembling the &#8203;&#8203;district&rsquo;s Department of Public Works logo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Transportation put out a statement that Bowser&rsquo;s office has backed disassociating itself from the poster, saying it removed the image from Pennsylvania Avenue SE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government, and our team has already removed the image,&rdquo; the transit agency said in a post to X. &ldquo;If you see additional images like this, we encourage you to report them to 311.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subsequently but unrelatedly, Bowser and Trump met yesterday to discuss priorities for the district.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">mayor&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s office but had not received a response at the time of publication. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1452498\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1452498\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans criticize DC&#8217;s denial of funding anti-Trump posters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2384990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-trash.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17418,6430,36160,14144,3756],"class_list":["post-2384989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dc","tag-anti-trump","tag-political-controversy","tag-posters","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-trash.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2384989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384993,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384989\/revisions\/2384993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}