RememberWhatTheyDid’s Cleveland billboard campaign was covered by a number of art and activism news sites, emphasizing the important role that artistic choices can play in political activism. 

For Billboard Insider, Debbie Thompson writes, “As intended, this localized anti-Trump buy boomeranged around the internet/social media/mainstream media, amplifying this small group’s message far beyond Cleveland.”

Blackstar News says, “With the debate’s location on the campus of world-renowned health institution the Cleveland Clinic, it is fitting that art work by former ICU nurse turned artist Nate Lewis and by legendary rock poster artist Justin Hampton focused on Trump’s failures on Coronavirus will be prominently displayed on the route to the Cleveland Clinic campus.”

For The Art Newspaper, Ruth Lopez writes, “Jeff Rusnak, a longtime political strategist, correctly guessed where the road closures might be, and purchased several billboards along the road where traffic was rerouted, assuring that Trump and his entourage would drive by the signs.”