🎨 Political Cartoon Feature: “§ 2387 – Live and Wriggling”
On November 21st, I released a cartoon satirizing the viral video in which six Democrat lawmakers urge U.S. military members to “refuse illegal orders.” Former President Donald Trump responded by invoking 18 U.S. Code § 2387 — a law criminalizing interference with military loyalty and publicly declared their behavior as sedition.
In this underwater tableau, Trump appears aboard a submarine, spotlighting a grotesque scene of moral drift: six lawmakers portrayed as sea creatures, wriggling in the murky depths of constitutional disobedience.
🎭 Who’s Underwater?
- Elissa Slotkin as an octopus, entangled in contradictions
- Mark Kelly as a drifting jellyfish, cloaked in veteran cred
- Jason Crow, a crab clawing at the chain of command
- Chrissy Houlahan, flattened like a sea slug of moral superiority
- Chris Deluzio, a fish out of his legal depth
- Maggie Goodlander, ghost-floating as righteous reef bait
Each has been visually rendered to mirror their public messaging: smiling while unraveling military discipline.
⚖️ The Law at Stake
18 U.S. Code § 2387 (“Activities Affecting Armed Forces Generally”) makes it a crime to advise or encourage military members to disobey lawful orders. The cartoon’s caption —
“You’re looking at § 2387… live and wriggling!”
— points not just to satire, but to legal precedent.
🧱 The Stakes
The line between protest and provocation is dissolving — in law, in media, and in art. This cartoon holds that line. Through layered metaphor and bold caricature, I’ve illuminated the abyss we flirt with when political theatrics breach national loyalty.
🖋️ Credits
Cartoon by Maria Grasmick
@MariaGrasmick | www.MariaGrasmick.com