The Eyes
When Sen. Mitch McConnell said he’d be stepping down as minority leader, I wanted to highlight his flip from his comments on the Senate floor following the Jan. 6th attack to his recent endorsement of Trump for president. I have done countless cartoons of McConnell throughout the years, mostly about his packing of the Supreme Court and his unethical actions to achieve it.
In the latest cartoon, I avoided any reference to him being cowardly or spineless (although I think he’d make a fine jellyfish). McConnell is a craven politician who is perfectly fine with breaking his oath of office so I went back to a theme I’ve used in several cartoons about Republicans and their willful blindness to Trump’s autocratic behavior.