An Iowa newspaper borrowed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s likeness for a cartoon depicting him as the object of racial slurs cast by his own prospective Republican supporters. The newspaper in question, the Quad-City Times, has since apologized for the depiction.
On June 21, the Quad-City Times published a political cartoon in its opinion section that included a depiction of Ramaswamy at a sparsely attended campaign rally—and with all three attendees shouting insults at him.
The cartoon depicts Ramaswamy speaking at his rally, saying “Hello my MAGA friends” in reference to Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) campaign slogan. Trump used the MAGA slogan throughout his 2016 campaign and presidency, and the term MAGA has been used to describe conservatives of a similar political disposition to Trump. Ramaswamy has used the phrase “make America great again” in his campaign materials….