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Nikki Haley endorses Trump: What was Mike Luckovich thinking?

The artist explains his process.
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May 25, 2024

Nikki Haley has said that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is unfit for the office. She supports Ukraine and knows that if Trump is elected president again, support to Ukraine will end and so will NATO. Despite that, she still endorsed him.

I first drew a sketch of her hanging out with snails, centipedes, crawfish, insects and other of her fellow invertebrates, but I couldn’t make it work, so I thought some more and came up with an idea using the ax scene from “The Shining” and liked that better. I had fun drawing it. — Mike Luckovich

Mike Luckovich sketch
Mike Luckovich sketch
Mike Luckovich sketch
Mike Luckovich sketch
Mike Luckovich sketch
Mike Luckovich sketch

About the Author

Mike Luckovich is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has twice been recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, in 1995 and 2006. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 1986. Mike joined The Atlanta Constitution staff in 1989, and he rarely cleans his office.

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