Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Tuesday turned to “South Park” — the animated comedy set in a fictional Colorado city — for an April Idiot’s Day taunt of Donald Trump over the president’s recent meltdown a few portrait of himself that hung within the Colorado Capitol.
Trump final month flipped out over artist Sarah Boardman’s depiction of him, which had been in situ for practically six years.
“No person likes a foul image or portray of themselves, however the one in Colorado, within the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, together with all different Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a stage that even I, maybe, have by no means seen earlier than,” Trump fumed on his Truth Social platform. The portray was commissioned in 2018, although, earlier than Polis took workplace. It’s to be taken down at the request of state Republicans, who acted following Trump’s publish.
Polis shared a publish on X (previously Twitter) that he jokingly claimed was his new official “South Park”-style portrait.
“Nobody likes an unflattering photograph or portray of themselves, which is why I went in a unique route for my official portrait,” wrote Polis, echoing what Trump wrote in his unique, offended publish.
“I’ve all the time been proud to assist Colorado artwork, and this portrait was an thrilling alternative to do precisely that whereas embedding my picture into the material of Colorado’s historical past,” Polis added. “I’m pleased with the ultimate product and need to thank the artists for his or her creative imaginative and prescient, and personally really feel that I’ve by no means regarded higher.”
Polis’ workplace later shared a video of a spoof unveil of the portrait on-line and captioned the clip “April Fools!”
