How Trump's firing of Comey is drawing comparisons to Nixon, according to cartoons
By Michael Cavna May 10 at 9:00 AM
Most any political cartoonist worth his or her SALT knowledge has a go-to caricature of President Nixon in their muscle memory. Now, it seems, many cartoonists will again be giving those Tricky Dick images a workout.
With President Trump’s “sudden removal of James B. Comey” as FBI director, terms like “Nixonian” and “Tuesday Afternoon Massacre” began filling the airwaves and social media. Even such renowned Nixon-era figures as John Dean offered comparisons to Nixon’s demands for top-level firings during Watergate.
Here is a sampling of how the nation’s cartoonists are responding to the surprise firing so far:
R.J. MATSON (CQ Roll Call):
STEVE BREEN (San Diego Union-Tribune):
DAVE GRANLUND (Cagle Cartoons):
DAVID FITZSIMMONS (Arizona Daily Star):
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