In the wake of the very destructive Hurricane Harvey, as hurricane victims are being rescued by both government entities and private citizens with boats, Politico decides to insult the hurricane victims in Texas with this cartoon from Matt Wuerker, their staff cartoonist and illustrator:
UPDATE: Politico just deleted it so I’m moving my screenshot up:
Wow they just can’t contain their condescending liberalism. People are still being rescued and this is how Politico portrays them, as backward, stupid Christians who are hypocrites because they hate the very government that is saving them or can’t tell the difference between God and government?
What the hell?
Here’s how Twitter responded to this:
Hard to see any justification for being so condescending to people who are suffering… https://t.co/ddNKazQ4wC
— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) August 30, 2017
my god
imagine spending hours drawing and inking this w/o ever thinking "holy shit, am I an asshole?" https://t.co/Cy2EGPXa4M— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 30, 2017
This is beneath the publication. https://t.co/r68WLymai0
— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) August 30, 2017
This is absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/lGMeVY2acO
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) August 30, 2017
This “cartoon” from @politico @wuerker is vile and contemptible. Disgusting beyond civil words. https://t.co/H1AhZKJQYG
— Michael Q Sullivan (@MQSullivan) August 30, 2017
Hey @politico, is this really how you see Texans? Kindly go screw yourselves (except for your Ag reporters and Hadas). https://t.co/r1LE9A3zod
— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) August 30, 2017
Well, this is some ugly political point-scoring.
Texans are just a bunch of dumb, Bible-thumping, pro-Confederate rednecks, ya’ know? https://t.co/FbDuV8bmAz
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) August 30, 2017
Making fun of hurricane victims, that is a new low for @politico. Spreading the hate and dividing the nation. https://t.co/TfROKCS7gm
— Ildefonso Ortiz (@IldefonsoOrtiz) August 30, 2017
Further evidence that Politico believes government is God. https://t.co/rhgkwrtAWg
— Paul Nehlen (@pnehlen) August 30, 2017
This cartoon is very ignorant and foolish. https://t.co/bxe5mr3FIu
— Holmes (@HolmesLybrand) August 30, 2017
Why do people hate journalists so much? https://t.co/cB393DPA0v
— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) August 30, 2017
There’s a lot more where that came from, but you get the idea. Almost universal condemnation.