@usatoday: An ice sculpture spelling the word "democracy" was slowly melting on the National Mall in #WashingtonDC in what the artists call a protest against the "rise of authoritarianism and militarism at the expense of democracy."

Dullboy237 :

The medium is the message

carriesallwasser :

The irony of use ice to represent melting democracy

Mindy Fernandez :

Now that’s a great political art piece

Steven Gabriel :

incredible art work

trusted_dad :

I saw a photo of it where it melted and it looked like it said Decay

calartnarchaeology🆘🇺🇸🆘🗣️ :

our democracy, iced and melting away...

Cristina Leonard Horsham :

interesting 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤

Steven Dave :

Very good

El :

ICE IS KILLING OUR DEMOCRACY

Teresa S. Foxworth :

Not bad

Bley701 :

not sure what else people need to see to believe that democracy is crumbling

Travis Scott :

what great about that??

em :

Now that’s a great political art piece

tjhead :

Some might say that the message is CLEAR AS ICE!!!

🌹Shwee🌹 :

I saw a photo of it where it melted and it looked like it said Decay

Julia :

Brilliant and sad - thank you!

Greg Matteo :

Interesting

Sush :

Democracy is slowly melting away

altimitwill1984 :

When will they learn we are a Republic? 🙄

Valentina Rose :

Not bad

incognito did it :

clever on multiple levels.

Paul Collins :

what great about that??

alexandra day :

Great metaphor

PCH Authorities ✨ :

Very interesting

zinnn 🕊️ :