"Somewhere
down the line Republicans forgot the importance of art," says "Sabo," the
conservative street artist best-known for his guerilla poster of Ted Cruz as a
tattooed smoker and Nancy Pelosi on all fours a la Miley Cyrus.
Sabo,
whose nom d'art is derived from the armor piercing sabot rounds, is based in Los
Angeles in the real world and at Unsavory Agents online. Reason's Alex Manning
followed Sabo around the streets of LA as he put up posters mocking Hillary
Clinton's race for the White House.
"When you consider how many artists
out there are leftists, it's a huge percentage. So right off the bat that sets
me apart...and that kind of made it possible for someone with mediocre skills to
stand out," says Sabo. "People will say, 'Oh, there have always been
conservative artists,' and that may be true, but they weren't mean. My focus was
to be mean, nasty, and just as bad as Bill Maher or anyone else. I like to think
I was pretty good at it."
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