The National Butterfly Center is dunking on Stephen Bannon

A butterfly at the National Butterfly Center
(Image credit: SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Stephen Bannon's self-funded border wall is officially a bust, and butterflies couldn't be happier.

That's because the National Butterfly Center, a nonprofit preserve for the colorful bugs, runs right up against the U.S.-Mexico border and is threatened by President Trump's wall. The center has vehemently opposed the wall for years, and couldn't resist dunking on Bannon on Thursday when his attempt to build the wall himself ended with fraud charges.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.