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Buffalo News MOCKS victims of deadly Texas floods!
The Blaze ^ | 7/19/25 | Carlos Garcia

Posted on 07/12/2025 12:02:32 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

The Buffalo News published a political cartoon appearing to mock right-wing victims in the lethal flooding disaster in Texas, and many on social media were outraged at the news outlet.

The cartoon showed a man with a MAGA hat being swept away in the flood holding a "HELP" sign, while behind him, a word bubble has the famous conservative phrase, "Gov't is the problem not the solution."

The cartoon by Adam Zyglis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, appeared to accuse conservatives of hypocrisy for asking for help from the federal government during a natural disaster while criticizing the government during brighter times.

Among those who criticized the cartoon was Michael Kracker, the chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee.

"[The Buffalo News] ran a cartoon mocking Texas families who lost loved ones in a tragedy, just because they might’ve voted Republican," Kracker wrote. "Twisted, vile, and shameful. They owe those families an apology and should pull this filth immediately."

Others were just as upset at the news outlet.

"Our nation has always had political parties, but historically we put partisan politics aside during times of major tragedy or crisis. Unfortunately, the Buffalo News did the opposite with this depraved partisan cartoon," replied former New York state Rep. Chris Jacobs.

"Whoever approved this is mentally ill. Deranged," read another popular tweet.

"Disgusting. And to think it wasn't just the cartoonist who made this, but this was okayed by the editor and where no one there apparently tried to stop it from being published," another detractor said.

"Why would you publish such an offensive and vile cartoon. Your artist needs to be fired. Lives were lost — children for heaven’s sake. Despicable," another account said.

The death toll from the flooding in Texas has risen to over 100, and search and rescue efforts continue. Those who want to donate or volunteer to help victims of the flooding can find information here.

Blaze News reached out to the cartoonist as well as the editor of the Buffalo News for comment, but neither responded by time of publishing.

Zyglis won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2015. He is known for left-wing cartoons, including a recent one where he drew MAGA officers arresting a newly born baby.


TOPICS: Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: adamzyglis; buffalonews; newyork; pulitzer; pulitzerprize; texasfloods
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To: Lazamataz

Soy boy loser.


21 posted on 07/12/2025 12:57:19 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Impala64ssa

Imagine thinking the government could control nature.

This year scores of folks will die unnecessarily in the cold or the snow in Buffalo as they have decades. Make sure I have my pen ready.


22 posted on 07/12/2025 12:57:46 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: Impala64ssa
It might be a bad idea to ask the government for help when there's a Democrat President and a Democrat governor ...

Kristi Noem Says 1 in 6 Maui Fire Survivors Had to Trade Sexual Favors for Basic Supplies to Survive 1:43 The Liberty Daily on Rumble

Send that to the soy boy cartoonist.

23 posted on 07/12/2025 1:06:50 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Armpit????

Try about TWO FEET LOWER!!!

As for the cartoonist, yep looks like a Soy-Boy.


24 posted on 07/12/2025 1:06:58 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: JeemBeau

Good idea


25 posted on 07/12/2025 1:19:39 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Impala64ssa

You changed the headline. And not in a good way. By taking out NY from the headline then you threw this article into being an annoyance.

Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, Illinois.
Buffalo, Indiana.
Buffalo, Iowa.
Buffalo, Kansas.
Buffalo, Kentucky.
Buffalo, Minnesota.
Buffalo, Missouri.


26 posted on 07/12/2025 1:21:22 PM PDT by Revel
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To: coloradan

Way back during the Carter(?) reign of error there was an arab oil embargo which drove the prices of oil thru the roof. In that winter many NE leftists demanded (not ‘asked’) that Southerners drive 55 mph or slower to conserve oil and to keep the escalating heating oil prices reasonable. Carter responded with the national 55 MPH speed limit. While this was a wonderful boost to law enforcement revenue, it became a point of irritation between folks who lived in wide open spaces (55 mph was ridiculous) and those who did not (55 mph was not usually attained while driving). One of the notable songs that became popular(?) was “Freeze a Yankee” - a humorous ditty that was popular in the South. In the North - not so much.


27 posted on 07/12/2025 1:23:43 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting.)
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To: Revel

Buffalo, Wyoming


28 posted on 07/12/2025 1:24:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Impala64ssa
Reminded me of the scumbag Leftist puke (Tom Toles, Washington Post) who made this cartoon at the height of the Iraq war:

And, yeah. HE looks exactly as you would expect him to:

He is now retired. Here is to wishing this piece of crap a short and unfulfilling retirement.

29 posted on 07/12/2025 2:04:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: Impala64ssa

bttt


30 posted on 07/12/2025 2:07:29 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America. )
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To: Impala64ssa

I would assume that the Buffalo News is of the same caliber as the Texas Tribune .... fish wrapper identifying as a newspaper.


31 posted on 07/12/2025 3:24:49 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: ByteMercenary
I Can't Drive 55!
32 posted on 07/12/2025 3:45:28 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley is my daughter!)
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