Rotten Republicans

The GOP rotted a long time ago.

This cartoon is an update of a cartoon I drew for CNN Opinion in October 2019. That’s a fancier way of saying I stole it from myself, but I felt this cartoon needed an update. I was also going to wait to draw it tomorrow so it’d have Halloween’s date (in case you’re a Republican, October 31) and it would land on GoComics on that day, but a few of my clients publish on Wednesdays which means I need to deliver it to them today in case they want it.

It’s easy for a white guy to say people shouldn’t be offended by racist jokes and we should just get over it. That’s what Trump’s running mate, JD Vance said, after the brouhaha over the racist jokes told at Trump’s Madison Garden Nazi rally.

JD lied, saying he hasn’t heard it because he believe America wants a vice president who lives in a bubble. JD said, “Maybe it’s a stupid, racist joke, as you said; maybe it’s not. I haven’t seen it. I’m not gonna comment on the specificity of the joke … but I think that we have to stop getting offended at every little thing in the United States of America, I’m just so over it.”

Even if it’s a racist joke, JD thinks we should just blow it off, or maybe wait until after election day to be offended.

Republicans are in damage control after the racist joke told by a fake comedian at the MSG rally, where he called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”

Let me ask Republicans a question: What would your reaction be if a Democrat said at a rally for Kamala Harris, “Texas is nothing but a great big pile of useless cow shit full of inbred rednecks?” Would you pretend you hadn’t heard it? Would you tell us to get over it? Would you tell us to stop getting offended at every little thing?

It’s funny for Republicans to tell us not to be offended by a racist joke when they’re offended by everything.

But are Republicans in trouble after this joke? Put it this way: Melania Trump came out of her hole and went on Fox News this morning to tell us her husband is not Adolph Hitler. Now there’s a message.

Trump held a press conference this morning at Mar-a-Lago and the press, who weren’t allowed to ask questions, were speculating about the reason. Was Trump going to apologize for the racist joke at his rally? Nah, that’s not like Trump. So why? My bet was he would blame the comedian, Tony Hinchcliffe, and claim he was a plant sent by the Harris team. That would have been hard to do since Trump’s campaign vetted the speech. According to Trump insiders, a joke calling Harrs the c-word was removed by the Trump people.

What Trump did was claim it was a “lovefest,” saying, “The love in that room. It was breathtaking. It was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest. And it was my honor to be involved.” Well, it was breathtaking.

How can a rally full of racism be considered a “lovefest?” I guess jokes about Puerto Ricans being trash and Tucker Carlson’s racist jokes about Harris is a “lovefest” for MAGAts.

The racist comments may have cost Trump Pennsylvania and the election, but don’t worry….they plan to steal it anyway. Trump has spoken of a “secret” plan with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

This doesn’t end on Tuesday. The entire Republican Party rotted early.

Creative note: I drew most of this at home and colored on the train headed to Washington, DC to hear Kamala Harris’ speech at the ellipse. The blog was written in the lobby of my hotel.

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