Second portrait of President-elect Trump will not be purchased for Colorado capitol
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
A second portrait of Republican President-elect Donald J. Trump will not be purchased and displayed in the Colorado capitol building, Lois Court confirmed Friday in a meeting of the Capitol Building Advisory Committee.
Each U.S. President is memorialized in the capitol's third floor Presidential Portrait Gallery. The portrait of Democratic President Joe Biden cost $11,000, Court was told, paid for in taxpayer funds. The portraits of other Presidents have been paid for through private donations.
Only one other time in U.S. history has a president been elected to non-consecutive terms, as Trump has been.
"Will we need to do it, again?," Court asked of purchasing a second painting depicting Trump as the 47th President. His portrait is display...