Iowa Newspaper Apologizes for Slurs Against Presidential Runner Vivek Ramaswamy in Racially-Charged Cartoon

Iowa Newspaper Apologizes for Slurs Against Presidential Runner Vivek Ramaswamy in Racially-Charged Cartoon
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington on June 23, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Ryan Morgan
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An Iowa newspaper borrowed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s likeness for a cartoon depicting him as the object of racial slurs cast by his own prospective Republican supporters. The newspaper in question, the Quad-City Times, has since apologized for the depiction.

On June 21, the Quad-City Times published a political cartoon in its opinion section that included a depiction of Ramaswamy at a sparsely attended campaign rally—and with all three attendees shouting insults at him.

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