Ben Garrison
American political cartoonist
Benjamin R. Garrison (born February 26, 1957) is an American political cartoonist and artist often considered part of the alt-right. Several of Garrison's cartoons have been controversial; critics have called him sexist, racist, anti-feminist, xenophobic, anti-government, and conspiratorial. Garrison has also been accused of antisemitism by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). His cartoons often lionize American conservative figures and politicians, such as President Donald Trump and Rand Paul and often express favorable views of Trumpism and its political positions, and demonize liberal, moderate, and Never Trump movement figures such as former President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Some alt-right activists and Internet trolls have edited Garrison's comics to incorporate further offensive content, including the antisemitic "Happy Merchant" caricature (actually by Nick Bougas).
In a 2015 interview with Breitbart News, he said he did not support any presidential candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election, but said he admired Trump for "shaking up the neocon-controlled Republican Party." Garrison has described himself as a libertarian.
Early life and education
Garrison is the son of U.S. Navy member Benjamin C. Garrison. As a boy, he lived in Bremerton, Washington, moving with his family to San Angelo, Texas, in 1972 when his father retired. Garrison first began drawing when he was a child. He graduated from Central High School, San Angelo, in 1975 and attended Angelo State University, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in art, and graduated magna cum laude in 1979.
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