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LongTomH

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Fri Dec 30, 2016, 06:47 PM Dec 2016

DC restaurant won't put Trump in Presidential mural

From The Hill: DC restaurant won't put Trump in Presidential mural:



Mama Ayesha’s restaurant Washington, D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood does not plan on painting President-elect Donald Trump into its presidential mural, the Washingtonian reported on Thursday.

“Our official position is that it is not in the budget,” Amir Abu-El-Hawa, a member of the family that owns the restaurant, told the publication.

......uh, yeah!

The mural features the founder of the restaurant, "Mama" Ayesha Abraham, standing alongside 11 presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama.

“She was the American dream. For a Muslim and Arab woman immigrant from Palestine to come here on her own and build this business, is a remarkable legacy,” said Abu-El-Hawa, who is the founder's great-nephew.

According to the Washingtonian, the mural was painted by Karla “Karlisima” Rodas between 2007 and 2009 and was partially sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The painting was also repaired in 2015 after it was vandalized by


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DC restaurant won't put Trump in Presidential mural (Original Post) LongTomH Dec 2016 OP
Why is Keith Olbermann between Reagan and Clinton? underpants Dec 2016 #1
Damfino! LongTomH Dec 2016 #2
good for them. repubs want budget cuts, they got em lol nt msongs Dec 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Dec 2016 #4

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