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Donald Trump-themed shirts on display at Spencer's in the Lloyd Center in Portland on Jan. 14, 2017.

(Photo courtesy of Mary Numair)

Updated: Jan. 16, 1:54 p.m.

Spencer's says sexually explicit pro-Donald Trump shirts are "satire," and the store in the Lloyd Center has removed the shirts from the floor of their store, without permission from their corporate headquarters.

WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

A picture of a Donald Trump-themed t-shirt display at the Spencer's in Portland's Lloyd Center Mall taken on Saturday had been shared over 2,000 times on Sunday evening.

The display included four shirts based on the Trump campaign. One reading, "Team Trump," another "Deal with it," another "Trump 16 Finally someone with balls."

The final shirt, and the one that the post focused on, reads, "Grab America by the pussy."

The Portland woman who took the photo and posted it, Mary Numair, wrote in her post: "In case anyone still needed a reason to never walk into a Spencer's again, this is proudly being displayed in the front of their PDX store. Way to normalize sexual assault."

"Share this," she added. "Share it loud. This is not okay."

"Grab America by the pussy" refers to a quote from Trump, who told Billy Bush on an audio clip recorded in 2005 that, when you are famous, "You can do anything."

"Grab them by the pussy," Trump continued. "You can do anything."

Trump later apologized, calling the comments "locker room banter."

The general consensus is that grabbing a person by their genitals without their permission constitutes sexual assault. In Oregon, it is legally considered sexual abuse.

Over Twitter, Numair said that when she saw the shirt, she was stunned.

"I just stood outside the store with my best friend and we were loudly repeating 'really?!! Really?! Really?!'" she wrote Sunday in a direct message.

"I cannot believe I have to explain to people why the phrase 'grab (whoever) by the pussy' is rape culture," she added.

The t-shirt is listed online as "sold out" with the description: "He's done it again. The Donald grabbed America by the pu$$y this election, now you can too with this hilarious political tee! This laugh out loud Spencer's exclusive shirt is perfect for reminding everyone that Trump's in charge."

On Monday morning, Bob Dye, general manager of the Lloyd Center said over email that he has, "received dozens of email and voicemail complaints regarding the vulgar display of merchandise at Spencer Gifts at Lloyd Center."

"This is wrong on so many levels," Dye continued, "regardless of where on the political aisle you stand. We are as incensed at this as you are and we will do everything within the confines of the lease to have it removed."

We reached out to Spencer's at the mall but the person who answered the phone said they were not authorized to speak with the media. We reached out to the Spencer's corporate office for a comment about the shirt and we will update this post if we get a response.

-- Lizzy Acker

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lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker