This is an opinion cartoon.
For a tough guy anti-politician, Senate candidate Mike Durant has got this flip-floppin’ soul-sellin’ thing down.
“After months of publicly saying that we will never know if enough fraud occurred in the 2020 election to cost Donald Trump the race, and that the issue is not a top priority for him, the candidate is suddenly sure,” writes Dana Hall McClain in her column about Durant.
R E L A T E D: Trump’s Alabama endorsement curse: Who’s the next loser? - al.com
R E L A T E D: Mo Brooks receives disturbing phone call about his Trump endorsement - al.com
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“What brought on this hairpin turn for Durant? Given the timing, we’d be fools not to realize it has everything to do with the Trump endorsement being now up for grabs,” writes Hall McClain. “Since the former president unceremoniously dumped Mo Brooks just days ago, Durant has become a passionate crusader for a cause in which he was very recently uninterested.”
In a recent cartoon on Trump’s Alabama endorsement curse, I posed the question: Who would want the endorsement of a traitor, pro-Putin wanna-be dictator who tried and is still trying to undermine our democracy and overturn an election? Who would kow-tow to this buffoon and jump through hoops for his blessing?
We didn’t have to wait long for that answer, did we Mr. Durant? It’s cute how after a quick trip to Mar-a-Lago, “voter integrity” and Trump getting bounced from office after a “hoax election” are among your top concerns.
Good luck landing an endorsement from the defeated former president. It would be a shame if - like so many others before you - you sold your soul for nothing.
Problem is, I’m not sure you’re Trump’s type, Mr. Durant. Corporal Bone Spurs doesn’t like war veterans who were shot down and captured.
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JD Crowe is the cartoonist for Alabama Media Group and AL.com. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award for local and state cartoons by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Follow JD on Facebook, Twitter @Crowejam and Instagram @JDCrowepix.