Covering art up is not the best response. Also, it was politically tone-deaf in the extreme. His best response would have been to make a backdrop for his podium, 'to help the photographers get their lighting correct'. Restrict where photographers may stand. Then the angle could never have been made, and he would not now be the butt of jokes for the next 3 to 7 years.
Funny, this boob shoot has never been done before. Does that tell you anything!
I would never tell you that the news media is made up of anything but die-hard liberals.
My anger about this is due to the fact that I thought I had accidently gone to DU when I saw the comments on this thread. I find that to be worrysome and somewhat surprising.