{"id":2414930,"date":"2025-03-25T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-democrats-endorse-removal-of-trump-portrait-he-criticized\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T08:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:50:26","slug":"colorado-democrats-endorse-removal-of-trump-portrait-he-criticized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-democrats-endorse-removal-of-trump-portrait-he-criticized\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Democrats endorse removal of Trump portrait he criticized"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fcolorado-democrats-endorse-removal-of-trump-portrait-he-criticized%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=2414930&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--><p>Colorado Democrats have agreed to support the removal of a controversial portrait of former President Donald Trump from the state Capitol, following Trump&#8217;s own criticism of the painting. He described it as &#8220;a bad picture&#8221; and claimed that it had been &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-purposefully-distorted-portrait-of-himself-in-colorados-capitol-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump bashes \u2018purposefully distorted\u2019 portrait of himself in ...\u2019s ... - Washington Examiner\">purposefully distorted<\/a>.&#8221; 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&#8217;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.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colorado Democrats endorse removal of Trump portrait he criticized&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042512\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colorado<\/a> Democrats signed off on GOP efforts to remove a portrait of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> hanging in the state Capitol that the president said was &ldquo;a bad picture&rdquo; of himself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114214565824374410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">blasted<\/a> the portrait on Truth Social and said it had been &ldquo;purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356575\/trump-spat-60-minutes-george-clooney\/\">Trump renews spat with 60 Minutes over episode with &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">failed political pundit&#038;rsquo<\/a>; George Clooney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356451\/disney-snow-white-falls-flat-weak-opening-weekend\/\">Disney&#8217;s Snow White falls flat with weak $43 million opening weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3356444\/kane-democratic-party-created-masculinity-problem-for-itself\/\">Jacobs argues Democratic Party has created a &#8216;masculinity problem&#8217; for itself<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The portrait is coming down, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-file-federal-lawsuit-seeking-to-shut-down-bidenbucks\/\" title=\"States File Federal Lawsuit Seeking To Shut Down &#039;Bidenbucks&#039;\">legislators&#038;rsquo<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-portrait-colorado-capitol-president-2f60271ddd58d979627ec5d2cd5dea89?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20250325&amp;instance_id=150887&amp;nl=the-morning%C2%AEi_id=251287128&amp;segment_id=194330&amp;user_id=cacf4b228705dfb5d9ecd5ab354cf678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">comments<\/a> to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. State Democratic legislators, who hold the majority in Colorado, gave Republicans permission to remove and replace the likeness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the GOP wants to spend time and money on which portrait of Trump hangs in the Capitol, then that&rsquo;s up to them,&rdquo;&nbsp;Colorado House Democrats spokesman Jarrett Freedman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen requested that the portrait be removed and replaced by one &ldquo;that depicts his contemporary likeness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People take photos of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-biden-seeks-to-bolster-his-legacy-americans-give-him-a-painful-reality-check-about-how-hell-be-remembered\/\" title=\"As Biden Seeks to Bolster His Legacy, Americans Give Him a Painful Reality Check About How He&#039;ll Be Remembered\">portrait hanging<\/a> in the Colorado Capitol after an unveiling ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo\/Thomas Peipert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3356518\/trump-bashes-portrait-of-himself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> initial comments <\/a>on the painting, Trump said that &ldquo;many people from Colorado have called and written to complain&rdquo; about the &ldquo;bad&rdquo; picture of himself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3356518\/trump-bashes-portrait-of-himself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP BLASTS &lsquo;PURPOSEFULLY DISTORTED&rsquo; PORTRAIT OF HIMSELF IN COLORADO&rsquo;S CAPITOL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Colorado state Democrats and Republicans for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042512\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042512\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Democrats support removing Trump\u2019s criticized portrait<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2414931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-portrait-Colorado-capitol.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6024,3685,3634],"class_list":["post-2414930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-democrats","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-portrait-Colorado-capitol.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414930"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414934,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414930\/revisions\/2414934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}