The shaken-up presidential race has reinvigorated editorial cartoonists on the right and left.
Nothing engages political cartoonists quite like a fresh campaign showdown. With the emergence of Vice President Harris this week as Donald Trump’s potential opponent into a new potential foe. All of that “seems to have re-energized this election,” said Dave Whamond of the Cagle Cartoons syndicate. “And, in turn, it has re-energized us cartoonists.”
“I chose this concept in part because Joe Biden represents old-fashioned grace and decency, especially in stark contrast to former president Trump’s crass and self-serving rhetoric,” Zyglis said. “The simple act of holding a door open for someone is a metaphor for selflessness.” Many artists deployed the visual metaphor of Biden passing the torch to Harris. In the eyes of the Chicago Tribune’s Scott Stantis, though, Biden held the torch too long. From
Liza Donnelly and Clay Bennett were among the artists who chose to tout Harris as a promising pick to be the Democratic nominee. “Harris has been and is a powerful advocate for women’s rights, and it is exciting to see her candidacy for president take off with such strong support from the Democratic base,” said Donnelly, who draws for Medium, adding: “It is a different world than when Hillary Clinton ran for president, and I believe that our country is ready for a woman president.
“The Trump campaign has already started this tactic,” Telnaes added. “We’ll see if the news media will follow suit or stick to the facts of each candidate.”
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