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Trump's Critique Leads to Painting's Sudden Removal
3/25/2025
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- An oil painting of Donald Trump, commissioned by Colorado Republicans in 2019, faced the axe after Trump labeled it “purposefully distorted.” His social media outcry prompted Republican Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen to call for its removal, leading a bipartisan committee to comply, while Democrats shrugged off the uproar as insignificant.
