Why a Houston woman sent a giant inflatable Donald Trump chicken to Sen. Ted Cruz's office

The giant inflatable chicken resembling President Donald Trump made an appearance in Houston Tuesday during a protest outside the officers of Sen. Ted Cruz. The giant inflatable chicken resembling President Donald Trump made an appearance in Houston Tuesday during a protest outside the officers of Sen. Ted Cruz. Photo: Elle Church Photo: Elle Church Image 1 of / 45 Caption Close Why a Houston woman sent a giant inflatable Donald Trump chicken to Sen. Ted Cruz's office 1 / 45 Back to Gallery

The Houston offices of Sen. Ted Cruz got an unexpected visit Tuesday from a commander-in-chief-looking fowl.

At roughly 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Elle Church, 32, arranged for a 13-foot-tall inflatable chicken resembling President Donald Trump to drive by Cruz's offices in the back of a pickup truck while protesters chanted "TrumpCare is no care."

The chants referred to the Republican party's ongoing efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, which faced another setback Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his party did not have enough votes.

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"The chicken was running a little late, so it was like, 'Oh thank heavens he's here.' He's been out a couple times and people just love the chicken. People love the chicken no matter what side of the aisle they are on. Even the police officers who were there were sneakily taking photos of it. Cruz is just too chicken to talk to us," Church told Chron.com Wednesday morning.

Church helps organize Houston Handmaids, a group of activists fighting for reproductive justice, and purchased her inflatable chicken in April thanks to a GoFundMe campaign.

"Donald Trump is too chicken to release his tax returns, and the Houston Tax March needs to have a 10-foot-tall inflatable rooster to show the world just how big of a chicken our president is," Church wrote on GoFundMe.

The chicken was designed by the Seattle-based artist Casey Latiolais and popularized by documentary filmmaker and activist Taran Singh Brar who decided to plop a 40-foot version of the Trump chicken outside the White House in early August to protest against the president's refusal to release his tax returns.

"I'm going to put this right outside the White House and call it Chicken March," Brar told Chron.com Wednesday morning, recalling his experience at the White House.

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The public-art stunt grabbed national headlines in the New York Times, NBC News, and Vanity Fair.

Brar is raising money for another Chicken March on the White House, only this time he'd like to bring a lot more inflatable birds and some Russian-themed balloons. Aside from Trump's alleged collusion with the Russian government leading up to his election, Brar hopes the next protest helps keep the focus on his tax returns.

"The president is announcing his tax plan today," Brar said Wednesday. "I want to see no tax reform without tax returns. News broke yesterday that the IRS was releasing documents to [Robert] Mueller's team. It seems like after all the hard work and pressure, it seems like things are moving."