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The Daily Cartoon: And I Can Tell by the Smell

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Satirical editorial cartoon, not a real quote: at a televised Georgia Senate debate, Jon Ossoff stands square-on at his podium with a hand on each side, staring deadpan into the camera, and says, "Mike Collins is literally the bloated corpse of Hermann Göring, and I can tell by the smell." At the next podium Mike Collins, drawn as himself, looks bewildered with a hand on his chest as green stink lines and flies drift around him. The line exaggerates a real remark Ossoff made in the October 8 debate about Collins hiring half the Third Reich to staff his office.
Satirical editorial cartoon, not a real quote: at a televised Georgia Senate debate, Jon Ossoff stands square-on at his podium with a hand on each side, staring deadpan into the camera, and says, "Mike Collins is literally the bloated corpse of Hermann Göring, and I can tell by the smell." At the next podium Mike Collins, drawn as himself, looks bewildered with a hand on his chest as green stink lines and flies drift around him. The line exaggerates a real remark Ossoff made in the October 8 debate about Collins hiring half the Third Reich to staff his office. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · render source not recorded

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