The statue has temporarily become an online “idol”. Meanwhile, an edited symbol circulated on Twitter that seemed to show evangelicals praying to the statue. The original photo taken at the launch of the organization “Evangelicals for Trump” on January 3, 2021.
The manipulated photo had the golden Trump superimposed on the former president and led some online to let evangelicals be praying at the statue.
Journalist Joel Stein asked if “the fall of Rome is so shameful” and shared the photo, saying hours later that the symbol “retouched. “
“The statue is real. It’s still hard to stick to the facts amid the madness of American politics,” he continued in a next tweet. “I’ll take on this task tomorrow. “
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Former Democratic Congressional candidate Adam Christensen shared the photo on Twitter and added the caption: “Pray for a Golden Idol. “
He posted a follow-up tweet a few minutes later, stating that the photo had been forged, but stating that the “intention” in the photo was “clear”.
“White Evangelical is almost a record point for CPAC and after the occasion that brought this idol to the conference, it is transparent that his “is about to move on to the next point,” Christensen wrote.
When asked through a Twitter user whether sharing “wrong information” could make it difficult to accept it as true with his “future statements,” Christensen replied that the photo was a “visual representation of what I see in conservative media circles as well as those I grew up with. with him. “
Technical journalist Ed Bott said he “needs to see this story engraved on stone boards,” but said in a later tweet that the symbol is “Photoshop that crushes two genuine images that are as bad as this. “
“I love the new Christian golden idol. . . “, wrote astrobiologist David Grinspoon.
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The statue is made of fiberglass and created through artist Tommy Zegan, who said Saturday that he made the coin in Mexico and sold it for $100,000.
Zegan said the fiberglass statue is the “mole” of the “real” and that he expects the royal statue to be included in Trump’s presidential library.
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