Omens can be desolate or foreboding. But this likely omen came slathered in bright, buoyant strokes of acrylic paint.
An amateur painter was working on a portrait of a U.S. presidential candidate outside a studio in Georgetown, S.C., right as Nikki Haley rolled into town for a rally on the same street.
South Carolina, Haley’s home turf, where she was a relatively popular governor, is the site of a crucial Republican primary Saturday. Only it wasn’t the home-grown candidate being commemorated on canvas. It was Donald Trump, who is widely expected to beat Haley badly in her own backyard Saturday.
“My love for Trump is beyond measure,”
