The House of Representatives is all but dead to Jim Carrey .
The actor-turned-artist added to his fast-expanding portfolio of politically charged paintings on Thursday with this critique of the lower chamber of Congress:
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Great men and women once occupied these desks, Carrey captioned the piece. By giving the House a death date of 2016, he suggests it perished upon Donald Trump s election as president.
Carrey also linked to the voter registration website Vote.gov, as he has done with three of his other most recent paintings . On Monday, the Dumb and Dumber star commented on Trumps Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin with this artwork:
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