The Salt Lake Tribune ran an editorial cartoon comparing Republican Representative Burgess Owens to a member of the Klu Klux Klan.
The comic showed a caricature of Owens pointing to the border with the tag line “They are coming to your neighborhoods!” and right next to Owens was a Klan member pointing at him saying the same thing.
We have heard of “mansplaining” now we have “whitesplaining” from a white man comparing a black man, who grew up under Jim Crow laws, to the KKK.
Awful tone deaf @sltrib @Patbagley. Expect an apology but I won’t hold my breathe. pic.twitter.com/NESEchhFEf
— Burgess Owens (@BurgessOwens) April 15, 2021
In a statement to The Daily Caller Owens said:
“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.”
https://t.co/y4qjneb98w pic.twitter.com/d6S0AnpIdG
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) April 15, 2021
Many other Republicans’ called out the Salt Lake Tribune over the comic as well:
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
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 16, 2021
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
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) April 15, 2021
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
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) April 15, 2021
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Well, if the salt lake tribune, would tell the truth, instead of lying, as ALL EVIL, DEMONIC, DEMON POSSESSED, MURDERING, democrats DO, they WOULD TELL you, THAT THE evil democrats, ARE THE ONES THAT STARTED THE KKK CLAN, WHY, EVEN OLE SENATOR robert byrd, ( OLE CRIMINAL killary ‘s MENTOR), WAS THE GRAND WIZARD. THEY LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING, THEN BLAME EVERYONE ELSE FOR IT. IT IS TO KEEP TURMOIL & MISUNDERSTANDINGS, ABOUT EVERTHING, SO THEY CAN CAUSE ALL KIND OF PROBLEMS, & CONFUSION FOR EVERYONE. THEY ARE ALL EVIL SATANIC CHILDREN OF satan. THEY ARE ALL LIARS. CHEATERS, & THIEVES, & GOD WILL PREVAIL AGAINST ALL OF THESE EVILS.
when i was growing up, we read the SL Tribune, cause it was a great paper. Those days are long gone. I would not use the rag to line my cat box; it prints nothing but vile lies and untruths; epitomizing the phrase FAKE NEWS. Their editorial board has not seen the border, or paid any attention to the thousands of illegals coming into this country. Bagley’s slanderous attacks against Congressman Owens shows what a narrow minded ignorant ass he really is. Anyone who places any credence in the Tribune has no idea what the REAL world is like.
Reminds me of what we endure in Cleveland. These white sissy boys who draw editorial cartoons for their employer “news” papers are so clueless, but then they are not any different than their equally clueless employers.
And just like over at cnn, fewer and fewer are listening..,,or “reading,”
Other than old people, nobody reads Amerika’s newspapers. AND THAT’S GREAT!!!!!!
people should keep their mouths shut if they dont know what they are saying. that means all dems.