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Clarion Alley murals vandalized with pro-Trump messages

Sunday, October 14, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Artists behind a San Francisco alley that's home to dozens of murals say they will restore their works after someone vandalized several of them.

The vandal, or vandals, drew pro-Trump messages on some of the works on Clarion Alley, between Mission and Valencia Streets, sometime Friday night. Several murals were vandalized with the phrases "fake News" and a message in support of newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Artists are furious but vow to repair their pieces.

"They didn't go and paint their own pro-Trump mural. They came and dumped on other people's murals. Rather than having something else they really stand for. They know what they're against," said Kenshin Shimayama, independent muralist.
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The murals have been vandalized before, but the muralists we spoke with say not in this particular manner.
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