Newspaper Runs Cartoon Comparing Black Republican Congressman To The KKK
From DAILYCALLER.COM
The Salt Lake Tribune sparked outrage after it ran an editorial cartoon comparing Republican Utah Rep. Burgess Owens to a member of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK).
The cartoon shows Owens pointing toward the southern border with the caption, “They are coming to your neighborhoods!” On the right side of the cartoon, a member of the KKK holds a torch and points toward Owens, saying, “They are coming to your neighborhoods!”
https://twitter.com/BurgessOwens/status/1382715793800978435
Owens called the paper “tone deaf” and “racist” in a statement to the Daily Caller.
“I was raised int he 1960’s Deep South during a time when the KKK terrorized my neighborhood and the color of my skin literally dictated where I went to school. It was a time when racism was defined by arrogance and demeaning the character of any person of color,” Owens told the Caller.
“They can try to hide behind a newspaper and fake ‘wokeness,’ but this is it,” he continued. “Don’t let the racist and tone deaf Salt Lake Tribune cast a bad light on our great state of inclusion. It does not represent the people of Utah or my constituents in District 4.”
The Utah Delegation issued a joint statement condemning the graphic as “repugnant.”
“The Salt Lake Tribune recently published a repugnant ‘cartoon’ comparing Congressman Burgess Owens, our esteemed colleague and only black member of the Utah delegation, to a member of the Klu Klux Klan,” the statement read.
“This racially charged, reverse political statement is beyond the pale. We ask that The Salt Lake Tribune immediately take down this horrific image, issue a formal apology, and hold themselves to a higher standard.”
Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck called the cartoon “absolutely disgusting” while Florida Republican Rep. Bryon Donalds defended Owens on Twitter.
Comparing a black man, who grew up under Jim Crow laws, to the KKK is absolutely disgusting, @sltrib. This is unacceptable. My good friend @BurgessOwens deserves an apology. https://t.co/873Foih9UV
Before this, it was @JoyAnnReid calling @votetimscott the ‘patina of diversity, now the @sltrib is comparing @BurgessOwens to the KKK, what’s next? The one thing liberals hate more than a conservative is a Black Conservative, but I’m here to tell you, we’re not going anywhere. https://t.co/dRvq9bLgfF
Pro tip: if you’re a newspaper that doesn’t want to look like wild-eyed partisan racists…maybe don’t run a cartoon portraying a Black Member of Congress as a Klansman.#disgusting https://t.co/2sZmXKYw7g
Pat Bagley, the cartoonist, took to Twitter to defend his cartoon, saying Owens’ rhetoric stirs up “irrational fear and animosity.”
I can’t speak to the Black experience (obviously). But I can speak to the effect th... (Read more)
Tweets mentioned:
https://twitter.com/BurgessOwens/status/1382715793800978435
https://twitter.com/RepKenBuck/status/1382762594755297282
https://twitter.com/ByronDonalds/status/1382795829501685763
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1382878268487987200
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