{"id":2457987,"date":"2025-07-10T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vile-newspaper-cartoon-mocks-texas-flood-victims-sparks-immense-backlash\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:27:48","slug":"vile-newspaper-cartoon-mocks-texas-flood-victims-sparks-immense-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vile-newspaper-cartoon-mocks-texas-flood-victims-sparks-immense-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Vile&#8217; Newspaper Cartoon Mocks Texas Flood Victims, Sparks Immense Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvile-newspaper-cartoon-mocks-texas-flood-victims-sparks-immense-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457987&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A New York newspaper cartoonist, Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News, has sparked widespread outrage for a cartoon that appeared to mock victims of devastating floods in Texas, which have claimed at least 120 lives, including 36 children. The cartoon depicted a drowning man wearing a red MAGA hat with a sign saying &#8220;Help&#8221; and a speech bubble stating &#8220;Gov&#8217;t is the problem not the solution,&#8221; implying criticism of conservative political views amid the tragedy. erie County Republican Party Chairman Michael Kracker and othre critics condemned the cartoon as twisted and shameful, demanding an apology and its removal. Former Republican Congressman Chris Jacobs also criticized the cartoon for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-blasts-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-over-political-targeting-of-former-trump-official-michael-ellis\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes Blasts NSA Director Paul Nakasone over Political Targeting of Former ... Official Michael Ellis\">injecting partisan politics<\/a> into a time of crisis. The article highlights the insensitivity and poor timing of the cartoon, noting that tragedies should not be exploited for political points. It also points out that claims linking the disaster to Trump governance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">budget cuts<\/a> lack basis since those budget changes had not yet taken effect. zyglis has faced controversy before, including criticism for a previous cartoon accused of anti-Semitism. The article underscores the hurt caused by politicizing an ongoing disaster and calls the cartoon a crossing of ethical boundaries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The bodies are still being counted, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-says-trump-getting-shot-will-be-one-of-his-favorite-days-of-2024\/\" title=\"Bill Maher Says ... Getting Shot Will Be \u2018One Of\u2019 His \u2018Favorite Days Of 2024\u2019\">liberals don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t care as long as they can make a political point.<\/p>\n<p>A newspaper cartoonist in New York state, with a body of work attacking President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-bringing-america-first-countrys-recognizable-landmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his supporters, is drawing fire for a piece published Monday making a mockery of the victims of Texas flooding that has killed at least 120, including 36 children.<\/p>\n<p>The revulsion from the attack was widespread, but one local Republican Party official probably summed it up best.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;@TheBuffaloNews ran a cartoon mocking Texas families who lost loved ones in a tragedy, just because they might&rsquo;ve voted Republican,&rdquo; Erie County Republican Party Chairman Michael Kracker wrote in a post on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Twisted, vile, and shameful. They owe those families an apology and should pull this filth immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBuffaloNews?\">@TheBuffaloNews<\/a> ran a cartoon mocking Texas families who lost loved ones in a tragedy, just because they might&rsquo;ve voted Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Twisted, vile, and shameful. They owe those families an apology and should pull this filth immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDN6AWH6T8\">pic.twitter.com\/IDN6AWH6T8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Kracker (@makracker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makracker\/status\/1942955439487955106?\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The cartoon was drawn by Buffalo Daily News cartoonist Adam Zyglis, a 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adamzyglis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram account<\/a> shows contempt for Trump and Trump backers published on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>The cartoon showed a drowning man wearing a red MAGA hat &mdash; naturally &mdash; with a sign that says &ldquo;Help&rdquo; and a speech balloon with the words &ldquo;Gov&rsquo;t is the problem not the solution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Text at the top titled the image simply &ldquo;Swept Away&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zyglis no doubt thought it was clever. On his Instagram post with the cartoon, he wrote, &ldquo;[T]hat argument&rsquo;s gone in a flash.&rdquo; Get it? Gone in a flash? A flash flood? Hilarious, is it not?<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not. And the backlash has been brutal.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Chris Jacobs, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-quits-getting-annihilated-backing-dems-assault-weapons-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Republican congressman<\/a> who represented the area wrote that &ldquo;historically we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-warns-about-story-boiling-beneath-news-cycle-a-threat-to-our-country-and-our-democracy\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard Warns About Story Boiling Beneath News Cycle: \u2018A Threat To Our Country And Our Democracy\u2019\">put partisan politics<\/a> aside during times of major tragedy or crisis. Unfortunately, the Buffalo News did the opposite with this depraved partisan cartoon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our nation has always had political parties, but historically we put partisan politics aside during times of major tragedy or crisis. Unfortunately, the Buffalo News did the opposite with this depraved partisan cartoon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sytWqmub0u\">pic.twitter.com\/sytWqmub0u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Jacobs (@JacobsNY23) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobsNY23\/status\/1943031301742776622?\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And there were many others:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Buffalo News ran a DESPICABLE cartoon by artist Adam Zyglis, seemingly mocking Texas families affected by the devastating floods because they voted for President Trump!<\/p>\n<p>Liberal lunacy running amuck!<\/p>\n<p>Is such vile behavior customary to those you employ, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBuffaloNews?\">@TheBuffaloNews<\/a>??&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lphcQFDbtu\">pic.twitter.com\/lphcQFDbtu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shawn Hawkins (@ArmedPatriot45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmedPatriot45\/status\/1943048314619908544?\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DISGRACE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBuffaloNews?\">@TheBuffaloNews<\/a> runs a VILE cartoon by artist Adam Zyglis, appearing to mock Texas families affected by the floods because they voted for Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJkodyXFsI\">pic.twitter.com\/PJkodyXFsI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1942992696773087252?\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You should be fired. This is disgusting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShfN0CyP1K\">pic.twitter.com\/ShfN0CyP1K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Redwave (@ExcessGore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExcessGore\/status\/1943001256009642313?\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the violation of basic human decency involved in publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-houston-mayoral-appointee-princeton-fellow-slams-girls-killed-texas-flood-going-white-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maliciously driven political attacks<\/a> in the middle of an unfolding tragedy, the cartoon is just as offensive for its vacuous logic.<\/p>\n<p>The knee-jerk liberal conceit that the Trump administration&rsquo;s budget cuts somehow contributed to the Texas disaster has no basis in fact. (Even a Texas Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/didnt-even-wait-bodies-cold-dems-rush-blame-trump-climate-change-deadly-texas-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had to point out<\/a> that Trump&rsquo;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal budget won&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t go into effect until October.)<\/p>\n<p>The progressive instinct to blame Trump for all things ignores the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/accountant-turned-coast-guard-swimmer-saves-165-first-mission-texas-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic flooding<\/a> is not new to Texas. In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/08\/us-news\/texan-who-lost-family-in-2015-flood-joins-search-for-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> on Tuesday profiled a volunteer searching for flood victims. In 2015, the man had lost his own family to flooding by the Guadalupe River &mdash; the same river that flooded on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Most Americans might remember that, a decade ago, Trump was still a political novelty act, far from the levers of power in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>But truth and logic has never stopped liberals.<\/p>\n<p>Controversy comes with the territory of political cartoonists, of course, but there are times when commentary steps way over the line. And this is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also not the first time Zyglis has put himself and his newspaper in this position. In 2024, as Buffalo&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/local\/after-publishing-a-controversial-cartoon-the-buffalo-news-offers-an-apology\/71-887e3390-109e-411d-8e68-84b0e37494a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGRZ<\/a> reported, The Buffalo News had to issue a formal apology for a Zyglis cartoon that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adamzyglis\/status\/1738290867801313725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literally dripped<\/a> with anti-Semitism. (Even Chuck Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chuck-schumer-forced-admit-spike-anti-semitism-america-coming-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sometimes realizes<\/a>&nbsp;that Jew hate and the left go hand in hand.)<\/p>\n<p>With the death toll still rising, the full scale of the Texas disaster isn&rsquo;t yet clear. 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