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Chris Murphy: “That statue is like if the ‘Mona Lisa’ was ripped in half, and you kept it up in the Louvre. That wouldn’t be the ‘Mona…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2026
That statue is like if the ‘Mona Lisa’ was ripped in half, and you kept it up in the Louvre. That wouldn’t be the ‘Mona Lisa’ anymore.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Describing the importance of the clouds to the sculpture.

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