Trudeau Slams 'Toronto Sun' For Antisemitic, Pro-Putin Cartoon

When I first heard about this on Twitter I was taken aback. An openly antisemitic cartoon in one of Toronto's largest papers, in 2023? Then I learned it was in the Toronto Sun, a rightwing tabloid-type paper that is similar to the New York Post. Then I looked at the cartoon and saw that it was done by Gary Varvel of Creators Syndicate and it all started to make sense. Varvel describes himself as "Christian, conservative, cartoonist and speaker in that order." Varvel was the longtime cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star before his cartoons ran him afoul of management, with one in particular of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault earning nationwide criticism and a hasty retirement soon after from Varvel. The Washington Post wrote that Varvel’s “stringently conservative comics have turned heads for years.” Another way of saying he was MAGA before there was MAGA, that's how far right his cartoons are. Often unfunny and just plain offensive.

So, today the Toronto Sun and their editor ran an abject apology and said that Gary Varvel's cartoons would no longer appear in their newspaper.

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