The Obamas are attending their official portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Watch live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatoday/videos/10155844846765667/ …
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Michelle Obama: Painting a portrait of the Obamas for the National Portrait Gallery is like "cooking Thanksgiving dinner for strangers." Everybody has an idea of how it should taste.
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Michelle Obama introduces "cool, hip" Amy Sherald, the artist behind the Obamas' portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Sherald says she paints American people and her portraiture is "conceptional."
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Amy Sherald to the Obamas: I will always be grateful for this enormous opportunity to work with you. "It has humbled me."
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Barack Obama's portrait took a few tugs, but it is finally revealed.
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Barack Obama: "How about that? That's pretty sharp."
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Barack Obama: We miss you guys! You can hear the audience respond "We miss you too"
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Barack Obama thanks Amy Sherald for capturing the "grace, intelligence... hotness" of the woman he loves
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What about ALL girls & not just singeing our those of “color”. Sick of your racism! Most of us thought our Country great & didn’t have to go to the WH to know that! But then you tried to change it- we are coming back! Thank you Pres Trump!
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The race-baiting continues
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Black billionaires complain alot
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That does not look like her at all. Awesome.
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This has triggered the bigots
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Stupid quote
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Unlike Melania T, who should be an inspiration to immigrant girls but chooses to remain the trophy wife-It's sad really, that she will not break from her husband's bigoted views & champion the cause of how immigrants benefit the nation. Happy for
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