Phil Buehler
Wall of Liars and Deniers
A public art project displaying Republicans spreading the “Big Lie”
A sequel to 2020’s “Wall of Lies”
November 4 – November 8, Election Day12 Grattan Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY (between Pine Box Rock Shop and Sey Coffee)
Brooklyn, New York – Independent community radio station Radio Free Brooklyn (RFB) is pleased to announce the launch of “Wall of Liars and Deniers,” a visual art project the week before the midterm elections of 2022. The project demonstrates the spread of former President Donald Trump’s lies, misinformation and denial of the 2020 election results to politicians and pundits nationwide, further threatening the integrity of our democracy.
The Wall of Liars and Deniers is a 50-foot long and 10-foot tall outdoor mural created by renowned local photographer and RFB Board Member Phil Buehler. The project highlights independently fact-checked, verified-false statements from the 300 midterm candidates for office, ex-Trump administration officials, right-wing media and assorted others trying to overturn the election results, spreading the “Big Lie” of election fraud and even helping to promote the January 6th riots at the Capitol.
Wall of Liars and Deniers is a follow-up to RFB’s 2020 project Wall of Lies, a groundbreaking mural that made news around the world. That wall displayed the more than 20,000 lies that Trump told while in office. It was visited by then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, defaced with graffiti, and soon replaced through a crowd-funded campaignthat doubled its size.
Here is a sample of the multitude of lies captured on the Wall of Liars and Deniers:
“Ok, there was definitely fraud,” Mehmet Oz, US Senate candidate, PA
“Everyone knows the election was stolen,” Kari Lake, US Senate candidate, AZ
“If we had a free and fair election, Trump would be sitting in the oval office,” Blake Masters, US Senate candidate, AZ
“There’s no question they rigged the election,” Adam Laxalt, US Senate candidate, NV
“Get to the bottom of who stole this election!” Hershell Walker, US Senate candidate, GA
“Was there fraud? Absolutely,” Jody Hice, GA
“Joe Biden did not win. Everyone knows it. @realDonaldTrump won!” Marjorie Taylor Green, GA
“We’re going to the Capitol, and we’re going to fight for Trump,” Tina Forte, Incumbent candidate, NY)
“There’s no doubt this was stolen. No doubt whatsoever.“ Sean Hannity, Fox News host
"Democrats were trying to destroy the integrity of our election process.” Laura Ingraham, Fox News host
“We’re basically having our votes counted by Venezuelans who are close to Maduro." Rudy Guiliani, former Mayor
“Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History.” Ginni Thomas, wife of a Supreme Court Justice
“Millions of votes were stolen by dominion machines! The biggest crime ever!!” Mike “MyPiIllow” Lindell
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Also on the wall are candidates in local elections that will be in a position to influence future election outcomes.
And, of course, their “Liar-in-Chief,” former President Donald Trump.
These interviews, statements, speeches, campaign ads, tweets, Facebook posts were collected from numerous reputable fact-checking news sources, including the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, NPR and Bloomberg News.
“The first Wall of Lies was shocking in its magnitude, and the Wall of Liars and Deniers installation is equally as shocking in the depiction of how the misinformation has spread to influence candidates in local, state and federal election races nationwide,” says RFB Board Member Orie Givens. “We have seen just how detrimental and dangerous the false rhetoric, lies and misinformation are, and we deserve elected officials who protect and uphold the actual facts instead of the alternative ones. Calling attention to the growth of this misinformation campaign is a vital part of our mission.” The ‘Wall of Liars and Deniers’ brings to mind another wall, Trump’s border wall, except this one he and his enablers are building to keep out the truth about how, right now, America does have free and fair elections, but we might not have themin the future if these Republicans are elected and they then impose more voting restrictions,” said Buehler.
Radio Free Brooklyn is a 501(c)3 nonprofit community organization whose mission is to empower Brooklyn’s underserved local communities by providing active learning in media practices and amplifying voices through a global Internet radio platform. They are a non-commercial community freeform Internet radio station, streaming original contentby the artists and residents of Brooklyn 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Phil Buehler is a long-time Bushwick-based photographer who is widely exhibited. He has been documenting the political landscape with walk-in panoramic photographs of hot spots like Ferguson, Flint, the border wall, the Women’s March onWashington and Trump rallies and was the creative force behind the original “Wall of Lies.”
Contact:phil@radiofreebrooklyn, 917-273-8353 For immediate release: 11/3/2022