The brief appearance of a billboard that depicted President Trump as a Hitler-esque figure has unleashed a wave of hateful, threatening messages directed at a Chico woman and her vintage clothing store.
Nicholle Haber, owner of “Rouse & Revolt,” said Thursday she was shocked by the maliciousness of people who were upset by the billboard art that was posted at East Third and Mangrove avenues in Chico Wednesday night. The billboard appeared to have been scraped off entirely by early Thursday, hours after a Chico television station aired a story.
Stott Outdoor Advertising, the corporate billboard owner that rents the display space, said it had removed the store’s ad and swiftly released a statement to the press as the story won the attention of national media outlets. On Thursday afternoon, Haber told ChicoSol she would file a lawsuit to force Stott to restore the ad.