Famed Italian-American sculptor Sergio Furnari sold his own apartment to fund a memorial statue he built to honor Charlie Kirk.
The left is already threatening to tear it down.
On September 10, exactly one year after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, a bronze statue of the conservative firebrand will be unveiled in New York City’s Times Square. The unveiling ceremony is scheduled for 2:23 p.m., the time Kirk was murdered.
The statue depicts Kirk holding a microphone.
Furnari says he is not a political person and did not support Kirk during his lifetime, but Kirk’s commitment to free speech changed his mind.
Furnari told Fox News he was moved enough by both to sell his own apartment and pour his life’s savings into the project, comparing the potential historical significance of the statue to the work of Michelangelo.
The harassment started immediately.
The sculptor told TMZ he has received messages promising to destroy and vandalize his memorial to Kirk. Because of the ongoing threats, the statue will not be left unattended and will not remain in any single location for extended stretches of time, and the precise location of the unveiling in Times Square has not yet been finalized.
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An artist is set to unveil a new Charlie Kirk monument in New York City’s Times Square on September 10, marking one year since his death. pic.twitter.com/5V2oH48Bqw
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Kirk was 36 years old when Tyler Robinson shot him from a rooftop at Utah Valley University last September. Robinson is currently in the middle of a preliminary hearing at which a neighbor’s testimony, along with video and DNA evidence, have tied him directly to the shooting.