President-elect Donald Trump’s allies suggested that Washington, D.C., officials might be lying after they denied funding unflattering posters with Trump’s image on them.
The anti-Trump posters, which depict the president-elect with the words “Keep DC trash free,” initially appeared to be created as transit ads funded by the district’s government and were first reported in the capital over the weekend.
Although Washington officials have said the “image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government,” Trump’s rapid response director questioned whether they were telling the truth in a post to X.
“Mayor Bowser denies involvement, but you have to wonder… ,” Jake Schneider said after slamming the posters for calling “President Trump and MAGA supporters ‘trash.’”
A host of Republicans responded to his post, agreeing that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had a difficult relationship with Trump during his first term in office, “is lying.” Others compared the incident to President Joe Biden’s controversial statement in October when he called Trump supporters “garbage.”
This image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government, and our team has already removed the image.
If you see additional images like this, we encourage you to report them to 311. pic.twitter.com/e4BELQJ1ma — DDOT DC (@DDOTDC) December 30, 2024
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.
On the bottom left corner of the poster, a red prohibition symbol lies over an image of Trump’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, “Mayor’s office of the Clean City DC.” On the right-hand corner is an image resembling the district’s Department of Public Works logo.
The D.C. Department of Transportation put out a statement, which Bowser’s office also pointed out to the Washington Examiner, that addressed the poster, saying it had not funded the image on Pennsylvania Avenue SE.
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“This image was not created, funded, or authorized by the DC government, and our team has already removed the image,” the DDOT said in a post to X. “If you see additional images like this, we encourage you to report them to 311.”
Subsequently but unrelatedly, Bowser and Trump met yesterday to discuss priorities for the district.