Rep. Lacy Clay, whose congressional district includes Ferguson, Missouri, plans to rehang a painting that depicts police officers as pigs, after it was taken off a Capitol Building wall by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.

Hunter's congressional office is next door.

'I think he was way out of bounds and he broke the law – it's called theft,' Clay told the Daily Caller. 'I think don't think anyone up here is qualified to be an art critic. I'm not and no other member is an art critic except one – Alma Adams of North Carolina.'

Furthermore, Clay argued, there's plenty of 'offensive' artwork in the capitol including the statues of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, 'two traitors who caused America 600,000 lives and they're treasonous.'

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Rep. William Lacy Clay (center), who represents Ferguson, Missouri, plans to rehang a controversial painting on Capitol Hill, which depicts police officers as pigs

The painting, which shows the Ferguson protests, was created by a high school student and won a congressional art contest

Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter pulled the painting off the wall Friday, calling the move an 'impulsive thing,' but adding that it was 'offensive'

'They should be out of here,' Clay said. 'Or Nathan Forrest – the founder of the KKK. He shouldn't be hanging around here.'

The removed painting was the winner of Clay's congressional art contest in May 2016 – an interpretation of the Ferguson protests created by Cardinal Ritter High School student David Pulphus.

It hung among other art show winners.

On Friday, Duncan yanked it off the wall.

'It was an impulsive thing when I walked by,' Hunter told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of his decision to remove the painting, which he learned about last week in a tweet. 'It strikes a nerve. I'm not a cop, but I was in the Marine Corps.'

'It kind of strikes the same nerve as when the guys came home from Vietnam, and they were called baby killers,' Hunter added.

He left it unharmed on a desk in Clay's office.

Rep. Clay argued that there are more offensive pieces of art in the Capitol Building, including a statue of confederate leader Jefferson Davis

Duncan also said the move was 'nothing personal' toward Clay, as the Republican suggested called the Missouri Democrat a 'friend.'

But he did stand his ground.

'It's offensive,' Duncan told he Post-Dispatch. 'You shouldn't have something in the Capitol that depicts cops as pigs. It's that simple.'

He added that Clay could put the painting back if he wanted, the paper reported.

This morning, according to the Washington Examiner, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, which includes Clay, will do just that.