Alex Jones Obsesses Over Sperm On Barack Obama's Face
February 15, 2018
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as posted by the channelIn this Majority Report clip, we examine the latest Republican conspiracy theory, SpermGate, and how right-wingers nationwide are convinced that Barack Obama's presidential portrait has some hidden messages.
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---It was perhaps inevitable that controversy would surround the unveiling of former President Obama’s official portrait in February 2018, given that it was painted by Kehinde Wiley, a gay African-American artist who is also a self-professed provocateur.
The Internet bristled with reproductions of two of Wiley’s previous works depicting black women holding the severed heads of white people — tableaux some decried as “racist” — even as conservative pundits went on about supposedly detected representations of “sperm cells” in Obama’s portrait.
A since-deleted article posted on the web site of Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity breathlessly reported:
The widening scandal surrounding former President Barack Obama’s official portrait continued to swirl on Tuesday, with shocking allegations the artist included ‘secret sperm cells’ within the painting and once joked about “Killing Whitey” during an interview.
Controversy surrounding Kehinde Wiley’s wildly non-traditional portrait of the Commander-in-Chief broke out within minutes of its unveiling; with industry insiders claiming the artist secretly inserted his trademark technique concealing images of sperm within his paintings.---
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