Colorado Democrats endorse removal of Trump portrait he criticized
Colorado Democrats have agreed to support the removal of a controversial portrait of former President Donald Trump from the state Capitol, following Trump’s own criticism of the painting. He described it as “a bad picture” and claimed that it had been “purposefully distorted.” Trump shared his frustrations on social media, stating that manny Coloradans had complained about the artwork, which he believed did not accurately depict him. The portrait’s removal has been authorized by Democratic legislators, who hold the majority in Colorado, allowing republicans to replace it with a more current portrayal of Trump. Republican Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen initiated the request for its removal. In his comments, Trump expressed a strong dislike for the portrait and conveyed a preference for no image at all over that particular one.
Colorado Democrats endorse removal of Trump portrait he criticized
Colorado Democrats signed off on GOP efforts to remove a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging in the state Capitol that the president said was “a bad picture” of himself.
On Sunday evening, the president blasted the portrait on Truth Social and said it had been “purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before.”
The portrait is coming down, according to legislators’ comments to the Associated Press. State Democratic legislators, who hold the majority in Colorado, gave Republicans permission to remove and replace the likeness.
“If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, then that’s up to them,” Colorado House Democrats spokesman Jarrett Freedman said.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen requested that the portrait be removed and replaced by one “that depicts his contemporary likeness.”
In his initial comments on the painting, Trump said that “many people from Colorado have called and written to complain” about the “bad” picture of himself.
TRUMP BLASTS ‘PURPOSEFULLY DISTORTED’ PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF IN COLORADO’S CAPITOL
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before,” he said. “The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the worst. She must have lost her talent as she got older. In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Colorado state Democrats and Republicans for comment.
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