Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Monday tweeted, then deleted, a racist cartoon depicting minorities with exaggerated features punching Uncle Sam.
The cartoon features a Jewish man with a hooked nose, a black man with exaggerated lips, an Asian man with slanted eyes and a man who looks like a neanderthal punching Uncle Sam and yelling “Cultural Marxism!”
jesus fucking christ man pic.twitter.com/eaLMve87Ex
— Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield) July 2, 2018
“Are you stunned by what has become of American culture?” Paul said in the tweet. “Well, it’s not an accident. You’ve probably heard of ‘cultural Marxism,’ but do you know what it means?”
Earlier today a staff member inadvertently posted an offensive cartoon on my social media. I do not make my own social media posts and when I discovered the mistake it was immediately deleted.
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) July 2, 2018
-Ron Paul
Paul quickly tweeted the same message with a new image that reads “political correctness,” with a “no” symbol over the words.
Are you stunned by what has become of American culture? Well, it's not an accident. You've probably heard of "Cultural Marxism," but do you know what it means? ... More here: https://t.co/bqyiekaSkX pic.twitter.com/9bm5EA17tk
— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) July 2, 2018
why did you delete your first draft? pic.twitter.com/K6rm5UMUM3
— jack wagner (@jackdwagner) July 2, 2018
The Jewish man in the image is referred to as “the Happy Merchant” and is often used in anti-Semitic online forums.
Recap for those following at home. Over the past few weeks:
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) July 2, 2018
Ron Paul tweeted out a racist and anti-Semitic cartoon abt 'cultural marxism'
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And congressman Steve KingSteven (Steve) Arnold KingConstitutional conservatives need to oppose the national emergency Democrats need someone in ‘the Ojeda lane’ Pence on push to remove Omar from committee: Steve King saw ‘consequences’ MORE retweets neo-Nazi, won't apologize https://t.co/aAnvY7uJaU
Paul has faced allegations of racism dating back to the late 1970s, when he published newsletters that contained references to black men as criminals and called Martin Luther King Jr. Day “Hate Whitey Day.”
This story was updated at 3:49 p.m.