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by Causes | 2.26.21

What's the story?

The 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), happening this weekend in Orlando, Florida, includes a giant golden statue of former President Donald Trump.
Artist Tommy Zegan created the statue in response to myriad artworks mocking Trump.
\"Two years ago, when I saw all those statues of naked Trump and Trump on a toilet, I said, 'You know what? I can do better,' \" Zegan told reporters at CPAC.

\"It is museum-quality, and that's the one I'm eventually hoping to get in the Trump library. It is literally priceless.\"

\nGOP leaders are clashing over whether Trump should be the figurehead of the Conservative party.

-Josh Herman

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