{"id":1951133,"date":"2023-06-19T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sketch-artist-responds-after-critics-claim-he-made-trump-too-young-good-looking-in-court\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:27:34","slug":"sketch-artist-responds-after-critics-claim-he-made-trump-too-young-good-looking-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sketch-artist-responds-after-critics-claim-he-made-trump-too-young-good-looking-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch artist defends Trump courtroom portrait against claims of making him appear too young and good-looking."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsketch-artist-responds-after-critics-claim-he-made-trump-too-young-good-looking-in-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sketch Artist Responds After Critics Claim He Made Trump &#8216;Too Young,&#8217; &#8216;Good Looking&#8217; in Court<\/h2>\n<p>William Hennessy gets paid to draw courtrooms. Now, he\u2019s drawing fire.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran sketch artist\u2019s latest work covered former President Donald Trump\u2019s arraignment in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The first courtroom sketches are coming in, from the great Bill Hennessy. These are the only visuals we will see from inside the courtroom today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6gwCv6MZZr\">pic.twitter.com\/6gwCv6MZZr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryGrumbach\/status\/1668715960885231619?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despicable-liar-biden-hammered-for-promising-border-agents-will-pay-for-strapping-migrants-running-them-over\/\" title=\"\u2018Despicable Liar\u2019: Biden Hammered For Promising Border Agents \u2018Will Pay\u2019 For \u2018Strapping\u2019 Migrants, \u2018Running Them Over\u2019\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> reaction<\/a> is all the proof a sane person needs that Trump drives his critics bananas.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sample, from a sketch showing Trump in court, right:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Did Trump pay the court artist off to make him look that way?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DKathleen (@dkathleeneck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dkathleeneck\/status\/1668732970092429313?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bad sketch. Trump is drawn WAY TOO YOUNG AND THIN. New artist, please.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RD Bacon find me at &#038;rdbacon&#038;mstdn.party (@DoubleChinner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoubleChinner\/status\/1668731756520849411?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">even the artist is a cultist<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom in PA (@Thomaseaglesfan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thomaseaglesfan\/status\/1668784530562375680?\">June 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine how pathetic any given individual\u2019s life has to be to take so much time on something as trivial as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-has-final-pretrial-hearing\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell has final pretrial hearing\">courtroom sketch<\/a> done by an artist working on a deadline of minutes, whose work has to be ready for instant publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s rare I get any kind of feedback,\u201d Hennessy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2023\/06\/16\/arts\/trump-courtroom-sketch-artist-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Boston Globe<\/a>\u00a0in an interview last week.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s getting it now, particularly from Trump haters \u2014 and their name is legion.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Hennessy left off the two pointy horns a true liberal imagines when envisioning the former president. He left off the snaky, twitching tail with the barbed point, the wavy lines indicating the sulfurous stench that has to surround Trump like the visible presence of evil.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This sketch makes Trump look thin, younger &#038; with posture.<br \/>\nHe is NONE of these things<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Independent Voter (@DiggityDogDo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiggityDogDo\/status\/1668731657590038528?\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For the more atheistically inclined, Trump could have at least sported a toothbrush mustache with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sketch-artist-responds-after-critics-claim-he-made-trump-too-young-good-looking-in-court\/\" title=\"Sketch artist defends Trump courtroom portrait against claims of making him appear too young and good-looking.\">ordinarily free-flowing hair slicked<\/a> down into a straight part to his left.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe saluting the judge with his right arm extended stiffly upward at an angle of, say 33 degrees or so?<\/p>\n<p>What makes the whole thing even more bizarre is that the same mindset that produces liberals furious at the small details of a hastily drawn courtroom sketch leaves the same individual oblivious to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tone-deaf-stelter-asks-anti-trump-media-outlets-live-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive establishment media propaganda<\/a> of the past eight years painting Trump in a more sinister light.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the mindset that ignores a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-fbi-official-pleads-guilty-lawyer-doctored-email-get-fisa-warrant-trump-russia-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented smear operation<\/a> by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, paid for by American taxpayers of all political orientations, aimed at defaming candidate Donald Trump, then President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think Trump as sketched looks younger than he is?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 23%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 23% (20 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 77%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 77% (66 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a mindset that has already forgotten the estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/02\/politics\/mueller-report-cost\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$32 million<\/a> in taxpayer funding frittered away on the \u201cRussia collusion\u201d investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, with a conclusion that not only was Trump innocent but Mueller\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/schiff-knew-mueller-suffering-cognitive-decline-decided-dumb-questions-instead-dismissing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental faculties had eroded<\/a> the point where he could make Joe Biden look sharp.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the mindset that ignores the growing evidence that President Biden is up to his ears in his family\u2019s long-running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/comer-turns-heat-biden-shares-next-steps-biden-family-influence-peddling-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">influence-peddling business<\/a> \u2014 the chief means of support, it appears, for Bidens who don\u2019t draw a paycheck from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>But a few lines sketched quickly during a brief arraignment have liberals screaming on social media about conspiracy theories and payoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome said he looked too thin, too young, and some said he looked too good,\u201d Hennessy told the Globe, noting that the criticism seemed to come from those who \u201cdidn\u2019t care much for Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s putting it mildly.<\/p>\n<p>And if they didn\u2019t care for his likeness of the 45th president, they\u2019re likely to care for something else Hennessy, 65, said much less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t editorialize,\u201d he told the Globe, reflecting on a career that has spanned more than 40 years, according to the newspaper. \u201cI just draw what I see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That isn\u2019t what liberals want from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">news reports<\/a>. They want words that draw a picture of the world they\u2019re comfortable with. They want pictures that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-tapper-melts-demands-control-room-end-live-video-trump-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fit their worldview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And they want <strong>everything<\/strong> to be about hating Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sketch-artist-responds-critics-claim-made-trump-young-good-looking-court\/\">Sketch Artist Responds After Critics Claim He Made Trump &#8216;Too Young,&#8217; &#8216;Good Looking&#8217; in Court<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Hennessy, a paid courtroom sketch artist, is now drawing attention for his latest work depicting former President Donald Trump&#8217;s arraignment in federal court in Miami. 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