Why a mock monument nodding to the Jan 6. Capitol riot is now on display in L.A.

The “Heroes of the Freedomsurrection” display in New York on Jan. 6, 2022, the first anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the siege of the U.S. Capitol building, mock monuments dubbed “Heroes of the Freedomsurrection” were created by “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” team and displayed in New York City at 23rd Street and Broadway, only a half-mile from the Empire State Building. The description for the mock-uments reads: “‘Heroes of the Freedomsurrection’ honors eight of the patriots who tried to overthrow their country on January 6, 2021 — and failed miserably.” “Because America loves monuments so much, this was kind of our way of paying tribute to the ‘Heroes of the Freedomsurrection,’ the people who made this day happen essentially,” says “The Daily Show” producer Jocelyn Conn. Video LA Times Today: The Capitol Riot, One Year Later Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. On the anniversary of the insurrection, on Bannon’s “War Room” podcast, Gaetz said, “We’re ashamed of nothing.. We’re proud of the work we did on Jan. 6 to make a legitimate arguments about election integrity … and we’re actually going to walk the grounds that patriotic Americans walked from the White House to the Capitol.” The idea for the monument installment piggybacks on the debate surrounding whether Confederate statues should be taken down.