UPDATE: Kent State Trump Assassination ‘Art’ to be Taken Down by Student Artist

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The student who created an ‘art’ work inciting the assassination of that was displayed in a window of a campus building at Kent State University in Ohio has “agreed to remove the display” according to a university spokesman in a statement emailed to TGP.

Kent State had previously said the Trump assassination ‘art’ would remain up.

Photo via Kent State University.

An image of Trump’s head impaled on a pike with the message “We only have to get lucky once,” was displayed in a window of the Visual Arts Building. The display was first reported by WHK-AM talk radio host Bob Frantz.

Kent State initially stood by the display. Frantz posted an image of an email from the university stating the art display was part of a student’s “art thesis” and was protected by the Constitution and Ohio law, and would not be taken down:

Thursday afternoon, Eric Mansfield, Assistant Vice President, Content Strategy and Communications at Kent State, emailed a response to a query by TGP, stating the student had agreed to take down the ‘art’:

The Kent State student whose art class exhibition included depictions of violence toward elected officials has agreed to remove the display.

The university supports the student’s decision and the work of the faculty to bring about a resolution to this matter.

Curiously, the statement appears to say the student’s art work targeted several elected officials with violent imagery.

Frantz posted a message Thursday afternoon from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) that the ‘art’ would be taken down by 5 p.m.

The Secret Service told TGP the agency was aware of the assassination inciting art but would not comment on whether it was investigating. Frantz earlier reported that Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski was also aware.

UPDATE: Bob Frantz posted a video update saying Sen. Moreno and Ohio Dave Yost (R) spoke to Kent State President Todd Diacon. Yost told Doacon he was on solid legal and Constitutional grounds to take down the ‘art’ display due to its threatening nature. Frantz said Diacon spoke to the art department and the student. The student chose to take down the ‘art’ display.

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