Arizona artist claims she’s receiving death threats over anti-Trump billboard

A woman in Arizona who created a highway billboard art piece with an anti-Trump message claims she’s now receiving death threats over her work.

The woman, artist Karen Fiorito, was commissioned by a Phoenix art gallery to create an artwork that commented on President Trump, according to the Arizona Republic newspaper.

The result was a giant billboard that went up Friday and features a photo of Trump’s face flanked by what appear to be nuclear mushroom clouds and dollar signs that resemble swastikas.

“I’ve been called a communist, a Satan worshiper,” Fiorito told the Arizona Republic. “I’ve been told I’m a ‘very, very sick person.’ I’m not sure what that means. I haven’t been answering the phone. My husband has because he’s not afraid to talk to anyone, but he told me he received a couple death threats this morning. … He said, ‘They were coming to get us with their boys.’ ”

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