DENVER – A portrait of President Trump hanging from the Colorado Capitol will be overwhelmed after President Trump claims it is “deliberately twisted,” state officials said Monday.
House Democrats said in a statement that oil painting will be overthrown at the request of Congressional Republican leaders.
“If the GOP wants to spend the time and money on Trump's portrait hanging on the Capitol, that's up to them,” Democrats said.
The portrait was painted by artist Sara Boardman during Trump's first term and was published in 2019. The Colorado Republican collected over $10,000 to commission oil painting through his GoFundMe account.
In a Sunday night post about his true social platform, Trump said he doesn't like photographs at all to what's hanging from the Colorado State Capitol. Republicans praised the nearby portrait of former President Barack Obama, who said, “He looks great.”
“No one likes my own bad paintings or paintings, but the paintings at the Capitol in Colorado were deliberately distorted by the governor along with all the other presidents, to a level that I probably never saw before,” Trump wrote.
The portrait is not within the scope of the Colorado Governor's office, but the Colorado Architectural Advisory Committee.
Boardman did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Associated Press. She previously told the Denver Post that it was important that her portrayal of both Obama and Trump appear “non-political.”
Trump's comments prompted a steady stream of visitors to pose for the photo along with the painting before the announcement that it would be over.
Aaron Howe, visiting from Wyoming, stood in front of the Trump portrait, looking down at a photo of the president on his mobile phone, returning to the portrait.
“To be honest, he looks a bit chubby,” Hau said the portrait Hau, but “it's better than I can.”
“I know nothing about the artist,” said Howe, who voted for Trump. “We could have taken that in some way.”
Arkansas 18-year-old Trump supporter Kayley Williamson took a picture of her portrait.
“I think he looks like him. I think he's smoother than everything else,” she said. “I think it's okay.”
