The internet is enthralled by the Obamas' official portraits

On Monday, Barack and Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. And as with anything involving an even remotely visual component, the internet made some memes.

Some were bad. Some were fine. None were even close to as good as the portraits. But Twitter will tweet, and tweet it did.

Some memers, who seem to remember someone named “Sean Spicer,” compared Barack’s portrait to the infamous tale of Spicer evading reporters “near” (not in!) the bushes. Honestly, this is a deeply unfair comparison that Barack and Wiley do not deserve, but where there are bushes, there are memes. For this we can thank Homer Simpson. Read more…

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