A cartoonist was fired for this Donald Trump cartoon and it really, really doesn’t hold back
This Donald Trump cartoon went viral because it really, really doesn’t hold back.
Cartoonist Michael de Adder was fired over it, reports fellow cartoonist Jason Chatfield on Twitter.
Cartoonist Michael DeAdder was just fired from the newspaper for this cartoon. pic.twitter.com/PhpkH5FbcO
— Jason Chatfield (@Jason_Chatfield) June 29, 2019
And people were outraged.
When telling the truth gets you fired you got to know the world is going to hell.
— Diane Parmigiani (@DianeParmigiani) June 30, 2019
I can see why–it’s so inaccurate. Trump would never ask if he could play through. And I’m pretty sure he’s never said, “do you mind” about anything.
— Scara Palin (@ScaraPalin) June 30, 2019
Really good idea. Now they’ll be in the footnotes as the rats that fired him when this is reprinted forever as a definitive work of this era.
— Joe’s Grab Shack (@YourFriendCrud) June 30, 2019
And here’s what the cartoonist had to say.
I will have more to say in the coming days. I just don’t know what to say at the moment. But after that I’m going to move on pretty quick.
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) June 29, 2019
*Technically I wasn't fired. I was under contract not employed.
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) June 29, 2019
What's crazier, a cartoonist getting fired from a newspaper for a cartoon he didn't draw [@chappatte] or a cartoonist being fired from a newspaper for a cartoon they didn't run?
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) June 29, 2019
BTW: I'm not a victim. I just finished a book, that will be out in September and I still freelance for some amazing newspapers. It's a setback not a deathblow.
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) June 28, 2019
