A portrait of President Trump that has been hanging in the Colorado Capitol for years is coming down after the president trashed the painting as "truly the worst" and suggested it was intentionally distorted to make him look bad.

House Democrats said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that the painting would be removed at the request of Republican lawmakers, adding “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 portrait was unveiled nearly six years ago. Trump posted about his disdain for the portrait on Sunday and blamed Gov. Jared Polis (D), who was not in office at the time the artwork was........

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