EDITORIAL CARTOON

‘Sincerest gratitude …’

November 14, 2022 12:01 am

After a lackluster performance in the midterms, some Virginia Republicans are reconsidering whether Trump is an asset or a liability for their party. (Editorial cartoon by John Cole)

From The Virginia Mercury: “As the GOP surveyed the disappointment of a surprisingly lackluster performance in the midterm elections, [Del. Tim] Anderson is the first Virginia Republican to call bluntly for a full breakup with former President Donald Trump. ‘He will lose Virginia. Just like he’s lost two other times. And he’s going to bring us all down with him,’ Anderson, R-Virginia Beach, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon.”

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John Cole

John Cole's political cartoons on Virginia government and politics appear on the Virginia Mercury on Fridays. He is currently the staff cartoonist for the editorial pages of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, PA. Prior to this, he enjoyed a nearly 20-year run with The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC, where he developed an affection for the state, its people and its politics. His award-winning work is internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons.