Fox News: Trump portrait he claimed was 'purposefully distorted' to be taken down from Colorado Capitol

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Trump portrait he claimed was 'purposefully distorted' to be taken down from Colorado Capitol

A portrait of President Donald Trump will be taken down from the Colorado state Capitol after he criticized the painting over the weekend.

                   
                       

A portrait of President You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that he claimed was "purposefully distorted" will be taken down from the Colorado Capitol, officials said Monday. 

In a statement, House Democrats said the oil painting, painted by artist Sarah Boardman during Trump's first term, would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the state Legislature in Denver, the Associated Press reported.

"If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, then that's up to them," the Democrats said.

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The portrait was unveiled in 2019. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login raised more than $11,000 through a GoFundMe account to commission the painting.

Trump criticized the painting in a Truth Social post on Sunday. 

"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 wrote. 

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"The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one [of] me is truly the worst, Trump added. "She must have lost her talent as she got older."

Trump said he was requesting the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on behalf of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login who have complained about it.

"In any event, I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one, but many people from Colorado have called and written to complain," he wrote. "In fact, they are actually angry about it!"

Trump called on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to have the painting taken down. 

"Jared should be ashamed of himself!" he wrote. 

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