{"id":2473338,"date":"2025-08-11T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-mad-prominent-conservatives-arent-upset-over-south-park-jokes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:06:43","slug":"liberals-mad-prominent-conservatives-arent-upset-over-south-park-jokes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-mad-prominent-conservatives-arent-upset-over-south-park-jokes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals mad prominent conservatives aren\u2019t upset over South Park jokes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fliberals-mad-prominent-conservatives-arent-upset-over-south-park-jokes-washington-examiner%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=2473338&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>The article discusses the reaction of prominent conservatives to their portrayals in a recent episode of *South park*. Charlie Kirk,CEO of Turning Point USA,expressed amusement rather than offense at the show&#8217;s parody of him as the &#8220;master debater,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-library-shuts-down-moms-for-liberty-event-over-misgendering-trans-athletes\/\" title=\"California library cancels Moms For Liberty event due to misgendering of trans athletes.\">debating controversial topics<\/a> like abortion on college campuses. Despite criticism from some who thought Kirk was trying to &#8220;save face,&#8221; he embraced the depiction, even selling &#8220;Master Debater&#8221; T-shirts and changing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-change-their-social-media-strategy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Democrats change their ... strategy - Washington Examiner\">social media profile picture<\/a> to the parody image.<\/p>\n<p>Other conservatives similarly embraced their *South Park* caricatures. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem changed her profile picture on X (formerly Twitter) to her character from the show, using it to promote Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hiring. Vice President JD Vance celebrated his inclusion as a sign of success, sharing a screenshot of his animated portrayal. President Donald Trump was also depicted with a caricatured face on animated bodies.<\/p>\n<p>the article notes that the Trump administration has been leveraging viral internet memes and pop culture to boost its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Student Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">social media presence<\/a>.For example,the Department of Defense and the white House shared playful and meme-inspired posts to engage audiences. One such post featured Border Czar Tom Homan symbolically rising over Trump&#8217;s border wall,referencing the sun from the children&#8217;s show *Teletubbies*.<\/p>\n<p>the piece highlights how prominent conservatives responded positively to *South Park*&#8217;s satire,using it to their advantage amid a broader trend of political figures engaging with internet culture.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberals mad prominent conservatives aren&rsquo;t upset over South Park jokes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2201520\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk said Sunday people are &ldquo;so mad&rdquo; he wasn&rsquo;t offended over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3493512\/south-park-new-episode-kristi-noem-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>South Park&rsquo;s<\/em><\/a>  portrayal of him, saying he found the parody &ldquo;funny.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>South Park&rsquo;s <\/em>last episode featured one of its main characters, Eric Cartman, parodying Kirk as a &ldquo;master debater&rdquo; on college campuses, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >debating hot button issues<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3495644\/fairfax-school-investigate-staff-student-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">abortion<\/a> with college students. Kirk shared a clip of Cartman&rsquo;s debate on X Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3493604\/charlie-kirk-says-south-park-anti-abortion-argument-is-not-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">saying the portrayal of himself is &ldquo;not bad.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3496125\/dean-cain-ice-officer-john-oliver-jokes\/\">Dean Cain laughs off late-night jokes about joining ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3495269\/kristi-noem-changes-profile-photo-south-park\/\">Noem changes X profile photo to her &#8216;South Park&#8217; parody<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3495051\/donald-trump-jr-posts-ai-generated-photo-amid-wnba-sex-toy-incidents\/\">Donald Trump Jr. posts AI-generated photo amid WNBA sex toy incidents<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Following the episode airing on Comedy Central Wednesday, multiple people have made videos critical of Kirk&rsquo;s response, with one user claiming the TP USA CEO was trying to &ldquo;save face.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are so mad I&rsquo;m not mad and that I found South Park funny,&rdquo; Kirk said Sunday while reposting a compilation of these videos.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They are so mad I&rsquo;m not mad and that I found South Park funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oU7bP5c5X5\">https:\/\/t.co\/oU7bP5c5X5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1954660251514593325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Beyond commending the show&rsquo;s portrayal of himself, Kirk is also <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshowstore.com\/products\/master-debater?srsltid=AfmBOoqUZShyxx_EPyCAQ3TWZBv_Ek8gADez5SNTdob-7zNC7rN_Vypo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">selling T-shirts saying, &ldquo;Master Debater,&rdquo;<\/a> on <em>The Charlie Kirk Show&rsquo;s<\/em> website. Additionally, Kirk changed his profile picture on X to Cartman&rsquo;s parody ahead of the episode&rsquo;s release.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk is not the only prominent conservative to play up his South Park parody, as Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3495269\/kristi-noem-changes-profile-photo-south-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kristi Noem also changed her X profile picture<\/a> to her character in the show. She promoted the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s hiring spree while sharing her new picture.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SoBO0HH9Yc\">https:\/\/t.co\/SoBO0HH9Yc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8eY1V1ggp\">pic.twitter.com\/o8eY1V1ggp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sec_Noem\/status\/1953901524087669126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Similarly, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3495981\/vance-hopes-musk-will-rejoin-maga-movement-before-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> celebrated being featured on the show, saying he &ldquo;finally made it&rdquo; and shared a screenshot of his character. Both Vance and President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3496013\/watch-live-trump-dc-crime-homelessness-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> are portrayed having photos of their realistic faces atop animated bodies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, I&rsquo;ve finally made it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mu7VrSVTSb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mu7VrSVTSb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1953415006319431700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3491681\/dhs-south-park-parody-social-media-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DHS USES SOUTH PARK PARODY AS SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has capitalized on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3494655\/trump-administration-chases-social-media-virality-pop-culture-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">internet memes and social media <\/a>in recent weeks. Last week, the Department of Defense&rsquo;s X account referenced the viral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3489933\/trump-loves-sydney-sweeney-jeans-ad-after-learning-shes-a-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sydney Sweeney American Eagle ad <\/a>by saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3494655\/trump-administration-chases-social-media-virality-pop-culture-memes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has &ldquo;great jeans.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good Sunday Morning &#9728;&#65039; <\/p>\n<p>Every criminal illegal alien will be deported &mdash; Tom Homan is Making America Safe Again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gwzHr2zcuG\">pic.twitter.com\/gwzHr2zcuG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1954561808787742880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House&rsquo;s X account also posted a video on Sunday showing Border Czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3492694\/tom-homan-blasts-democrat-for-proclaiming-to-be-proud-guatemalan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a> rising as the sun over Trump&rsquo;s border wall, referencing the sun from the <em>Teletubbies<\/em> children&rsquo;s show.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2201520\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2201520\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberals upset conservatives aren&#8217;t mad at South Park jokes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2473339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Charlie-Kirk-South-Park.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4539,6069,59895],"class_list":["post-2473338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-conservatives","tag-liberals","tag-south-park"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Charlie-Kirk-South-Park.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473342,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473338\/revisions\/2473342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2473339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}