issued the mea culpa Wednesday for using an image of the GOP elephant that contained references to the KKK — not realizing that the image was published in Mother Jones as a critique of the presence of white supremacy in the GOP.“Two years ago, we commissioned this art from Woody Harrington to reference how white supremacy was taking over the GOP,” Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, tweeted Thursday. “Not only didn’t they not get it, they appropriated copyrighted art.”Jeffery also shared an Instagram post from the art’s creator, Woody Harrington.
In his post, Harrington addressed the image’s use by the Republican group and explained that the piece was intended to display “the hate, bigotry and racism hidden within Trump’s GOP.”A post shared by Woody Harrington (@woodyharrington)“Its now come to my attention that the Hate Elephant has been given new life (without permission or credit of course) in not one, but two republican campaigns,” Harrington said in his post. “Let this be a lesson in copyright karma, and always remember to ask for a proof….”The Alabama group first posted the now-deleted image on their Facebook page, along with a messaging thanking their former chairman of the county party and welcoming in the chairman.
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