A Painting Of Hillary Clinton Made Security Dogs Go Wild

This is cracking me up.

Over the weekend, some security dogs went crazy over a suspicious crate spotted at the Art Basel festival in Miami. Police were forced to clear the surrounding area. Something incredibly sketchy and horrible must’ve been in that crate, right?

Well, you’re not wrong. Authorities discovered none other than a “punk” style portrait of Hillary Clinton.

Fair director Nick Korniloff said that the two dogs reacted to the crate during a pre-show check shortly after 8 a.m., prompting organizers to clear the site. Both the Art Miami tent and a tent for Context, connected by a tunnel, were closed off. The package was then searched and the painting of the former Democratic presidential candidate was found inside.

Police tested the portrait, and there was nothing suspicious about it.

“We had to err on the side of caution,” Korniloff said. Both tents eventually reopened around 10 a.m.

The painting — titled “Punk Hillary” — had been shipped with a similar portrait of President Donald Trump (called “Trump Pimp”), depicting him in a zebra-printed hat with a gold dollar-sign chain around his neck. The Trump portrait had already been removed from the crate before the security check.

I don’t blame the dogs for overreacting. It’s obscene.

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— Scott Scheidly (@FLOUNDERart) December 9, 2017

Nobody should have to look at a portrait of “punk” Hillary. No one. (BTW, that portrait went for $4,000.)

They still have no idea why the dogs reacted they way they did.

Gallery owner Ken Hashimoto said police still were unsure Saturday morning what about the art had caused the dogs to react.

“They have no idea,” he said. “My thought is a Republican bomb dog.”

Republican dogs. That’s it. It has to be.

h/t The Right Scoop