BURSTColorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) poked fun at President Trump and his anger about his official portrait in the state house by sharing a post online for April Fool’s Day.
“No one likes an unflattering photo or painting of themselves, which is why I went in a different direction for my official portrait,” Polis said in a post, mocking Trump’s anger about his own portrait.
Polis said he wanted to support Colorado art, and the portrait was an opportunity to do “exactly that” while “embedding my image into the fabric of Colorado’s history.”
“I’m proud of the final product and want to thank the artists for their artistic vision, and personally feel that I have never looked better,” his post said.
Polis’s post featured an edited photo of the state Capitol and a fake portrait drawn in the same style as the animated television show South Park.
The creators of the hit show are from Colorado, and South Park is a town in the state.
Last week, Trump demanded that Colorado take down its “purposefully distorted” painting of him in the Capitol.
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol put up the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before,” Trump said in a post in March.
Trump criticized the artist and Polis. But Polis was not in office at the time the portrait was commissioned and was not involved in the 2019 unveiling.
Republican lawmakers then requested the portrait come down.
House Democrats in the state said the painting would be removed but it would be up to the GOP lawmakers if they wanted to “spend time and money” on something new.