As the death toll on COVID-19 increases and masked men in unidentified vans snatch protesters from the streets of Portland, President Donald Trump is sitting for an interview with the guy from Barstool Sports and the White House Press Secretary is defending the police by lying about the cancellation of a children’s cartoon.
It is true that Police and PD live Were they canceled in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer? Yes. It is true that Paw patrol, was also canceled an animated series where animals recycle and put out fires? No. Kayleigh McEnany’s claim that Nickelodeon canceled the show is as accurate as her description that it is “about cops.” (It’s not about cops. There is a dog that is a cop. Her name is Chase.)
As Snopes points outMcEnany’s comment seems to have roots in a new york Times piece June The piece, “The protests come for Paw Patrol,“It unpacks the debates around pop culture portrayal of police officers that arose as protests against police brutality spread across the world, and right-wing figures like Eric Trump exploited it to irritate followers who knew they wouldn’t read the actual article. The online reaction to Paw patrol It was mostly joking, which is what resulted in several satirical memes asking for its cancellation. Almost at the same time, this (very funny) Onion 2018 article was being recirculated.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t some people out there who would. I like it See him canceled for his cute portrait of a K-9 cop. Is Medium publication 2018For example, he calls it “a misogynistic and conservative authoritarian fantasy.”
However, Paw patrol It is not canceled.
Nor does Lego, as McEnany falsely claims, “stop the sale of its Lego City Police Station.” This statement was also made by a different Trump’s flatterer, Brad Parscale, in June, and Lego responded that “he is not removing any LEGO sets from the sale” and that any other reports are “false.”
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