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A portrait of President Donald Trump that he claimed was "purposefully distorted" will be taken down from the Colorado state 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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President Trump's portrait joins the wall of former presidents inside the Colorado state Capitol. (Screenshot/KCNC, KMGH feed)
The portrait was unveiled in 2019. State Republicans raised more than $10,000 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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President Donald Trump's portrait hangs in the Colorado Capitol after an unveiling ceremony, Aug. 1, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
"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 portrait's removal on behalf of angry Coloradans who have complained about it.
"Perceptions of presidential power change with the times and official portraits are merely portals to those lives, to be accepted or rejected by each viewer," Boardman told the Colorado Times Recorder ahead of the unveiling in 2019. "Formal official portraits, over generations, have stood on their own merit, leaving the legacy of the subject for the viewer to accept or reject."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the artist for comment.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
"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!"
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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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