The nationwide Republican Party and the Florida GOP drew fierce backlash Saturday — Valentine’s Day — over social media posts that critics condemned as juvenile and offensive.
On X, the nationwide GOP account shared a cartoon-style picture depicting Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (who has lengthy been the topic of fats jokes from the political proper) consuming quick meals alongside the caption: “My love for you is bigger than JB Pritzker.” See the submit right here.
The submit shortly drew criticism, together with from some Republicans.
Gregg Nunziata, a former adviser to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, slammed the focusing on of Pritzker, a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, as “disgraceful, juvenile garbage” and steered it made it more durable for him to stay within the celebration.
Doug Heye, a former Republican National Committee communications director, criticized the submit, writing: “This never would have gone out when I was running the RNC comms shop. Reveling in unprofessionalism.”
Meanwhile, the Florida GOP posted an AI-generated picture of two alligators standing in entrance of an indication referencing “Alligator Alcatraz,” the casual title of the immigrant detention middle in Florida’s Everglades that’s surrounded by wetlands inhabited by the reptiles.
The accompanying caption learn: “Don’t be a spaz, I wanna get locked up with you at Alligator Alcatraz.”
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