Portraitist Sarah Boardman, whose painting hung in the state Capitol for six years, says her business has been harmed by the president’s comments

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    It’s really not a good portrait. Somehow he’s younger and fatter and just generic looking. She put a lot of work into shading the face and left the suit plain in comparison. He’s plenty recognizable, but in a weird way.

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    For those not from this state, Colorado Republicans took up a collection 6 years ago, and chose this Republican lady to paint the portrait and it’s been hanging in our state capitol for those years. It was only this year that Chump complained about “many people” not liking it and then Colorado Republicans immediately took it down.

    Colorado Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, a Republican, has said that the Trump portrait should be replaced with one “that depicts his contemporary likeness.”

    The boot licking will never end. These people have no backbone, apparently.

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    What a whiney little snowflake Trump is. “Oh no my portrait is photorealistic and accurately depicts that I look like a clown”.

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    Streisand effect that image. Use it for all news stories. If it bothers him that much then let’s keep using it.

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      There were people with signs using that image at the Hands Off rally in Denver this last weekend. So yeah!

      ETA: Here is it. Use it everywhere.

      The disrepectable Donald

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      Discovery: we’re going to need you to step on this scale and submit to an accurate barefooted height measurement. The requested information is relevant because it proves that you really are as fat as portrayed.