Iowa paper apologizes for cartoon that GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy called ‘bigoted’

“We apologize today for letting these types of an graphic slip by means of our editorial system and into our opinion web page Wednesday in the form of a political cartoon,” Periods govt editor Tom Martin reported in the apology. “The cartoon, although meant to criticize racist tips and epithets, utilizes a phrase that is racist and insensitive to users of our Indian American neighborhood.”

The assertion explained the paper has severed ties with the cartoonist who drew it, as perfectly.

“The oversight that permitted it to run is inexcusable, and we can and will do greater,” Martin reported.

Ramaswamy, one particular of two Indian Us citizens in the Republican main together with Nikki Haley, is a 37-12 months-old biotech government who has branded himself as an anti-woke, professional-Trump presidential candidate. Right after the Quad Metropolis Times’ statement, Ramaswamy despatched the newspaper editor a letter accepting the apology and arguing the cartoonist need to not have been enable go.

“I’m empathetic to people today who make errors when in awhile,” he reported. “Let’s not go even more or see folks get fired around it the cartoonist should in no way be ‘canceled.’”