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Provo ‘patriotic’ painter Jon McNaughton gets a boost from Sean Hannity, but art critics scoff

The “left” loves art, and especially taxpayer funded art that is “provocative”. Let’s get their reaction to this. https://t.co/WAVFB1Uqbx.

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) February 27, 2018

The painting aims to laud Trump for speaking out against professional football players who knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality, says McNaughton, who calls himself a “political painter,” in a YouTube video launching “Respect the Flag.” NcNaughton has painted a series of controversial paintings that are favorites of conservatives, such as Hannity, and the painter underscores their friendship on his website.

As a work of propaganda, the painting fails to aesthetically elevate Trump or the flag as an emblem, says Bradley H.