Artist Who Drew Anti-Semitic Cartoon Invited to White House

(JTA) — An artist who drew a “blatantly anti-Semitic cartoon” which showed U.S. government officials as puppets of George Soros and the Rothschilds, has been invited to the White House by President Donald Trump.

The Anti-Defamation League called Ben Garrison’s cartoon published in 2017 “blatantly anti-Semitic” and said that “the thrust of the cartoon is clear: (then-National Security Advisor H.R.) McMaster is merely a puppet of a Jewish conspiracy.”

The cartoon, which the ADL said was commissioned by right-wing radio host Mike Cernovich, shows left-wing Jewish philanthropist George Soros pulling the strings of McMaster and former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus. Above Soros, a green hand labeled “Rothschilds,” the well-known Jewish banking family, manipulates him.

The image was a nod to an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that a secretive international Jewish cabal controls the world, according to the Huffington Post.

Garrison, who works under the “GrrrGraphics” label, tweeted his invitation to the White House social media summit.

CNN’s Jake Tapper in a tweet noted the invitation and Garrison’s anti-Semitic cartoon.

Many comments to Tapper’s tweet questioned why the cartoon would be considered anti-Semitic.