Elon Musk-funded mural of murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska goes up in Brooklyn and local lefties are furious

A new mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska that was funded in part by Elon Musk has popped up on a Brooklyn building — and furious local lefties claim it’s part of a right-wing plot.The three-story painting of Zarutska— who made national headlines when she was stabbed to death by a homeless ex-con on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina in August — was installed on an apartment building in a trendy section of Bushwick a few weeks ago.The artwork on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Evergreen Street is part of a campaign launched by conservative tech CEO Eoghan McCabe to honor the 23-year-old aspiring artist with murals depicting her in several cities.He told The Post he wanted to highlight how crime in liberal areas can lead to tragedies like Zarutska’s death.“I started this campaign to make sure that the story of Iryna does not disappear.

Her murder is at the nexus of many issues plaguing American society.For example, one is the progressive approach to crime,” said.McCabe, who runs the AI firm Intercom, donated $500,000 to the tribute initiative and collected $1 million from Musk, a spokeswoman for McCabe told The Post.

They also raised $200,000 from smaller donors.As images of the painting on the building, which is home to the Taiwanese dumpling restaurant Formosa, first got praise from those saddened by the young woman’s tragic loss.“Beautiful!! What a lovely tribute to a beautiful girl and a beautiful life! RIP Iryna!! ..

.I’m so sorry the USA failed you!!” said a user named Mary Signorino on a Facebook post that also showed other murals commissioned by McCabe in Washington DC, Miami and Los Angeles.

But a backlash to the campaign by the conservative billionaire came quickly, as lefties on a Bushwick neighborhood reddit page angrily called the the mural propaganda from “anti immigrant fascists.”“It has become part of the endless fodder that balloons our police department budgets and welcomes masked unaccountable thug...