Political Cartoons: Vaccines, Epstein, and Chicago

Senate Finance Committee and Vaccine Controversy

In the Senate Finance Committee, a heated meeting took place with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The focus? Vaccines and the chaos at the CDC.

• Republican senators who had supported Kennedy felt he was not keeping his word.
• They accused him of making it harder to get the Covid-19 vaccine, the opposite of what he had promised.

Cartoonist Reactions

Cartoonists had a field day with this:

• Nick Anderson drew a cartoon showing Kennedy with a worm in his brain, saying, "I'm not anti-vax!" while Kennedy himself says, "I am."
• Walt Handelsman and Dana Summers depicted diseases as cars heading to Florida, which is considering not requiring vaccines for kids.

Jeffrey Epstein Files and Trump's Response

Another big topic was the news conference by women who claimed they were hurt by Jeffrey Epstein. They want all the files about Epstein to be made public, potentially revealing important people involved with him.

• President Donald Trump called this a "hoax."
• Cartoonists like David Horsey and Mike Luckovich disagreed.

Trump's Proposal to Send Troops to Chicago

Trump also talked about sending troops to Chicago. Cartoonists like Scott Stantis, Dana Summers, and Joey Weatherford made fun of this:

• They drew Chicago's leaders trying to say crime is under control, but it's clear they're not being honest.

Other Topics in Cartoonist Commentary

Cartoonists also covered:

• The rumor that Trump was dead (which wasn't true).
• Court decisions that went against Trump's policies on tariffs and deportations.
• How people care too much about their social media images, compared to the famous sculpture "The Kiss."