Artist who drew antisemitic cartoon invited to White House

An artist who drew a cartoon that showed U.S. government officials as puppets of George Soros and the Rothschilds says he has been invited to the White House by President Donald Trump.

The Anti-Defamation League called Ben Garrison’s 2017 cartoon “blatantly antisemitic” and said that “the thrust of the cartoon is clear: (then-National Security Adviser 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 liberal Jewish philanthropist George Soros pulling the strings of McMaster and former CIA director Gen. David Petraeus. Above Soros, a green hand labelled “Rothschilds,” the well-known Jewish banking family, manipulates him.

Cernovich is known for starting the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, which claimed that the Clintons were running a paedophile ring in the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant.

The Rothschilds often appear in antisemitic conspiracy theories, which have them running a secretive international Jewish cabal that controls the world.

Garrison tweeted an image of his invitation to the White House for a social media summit, saying he was “honoured.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted about the invite.