Pope Sam XIV [Michael Ramirez letter]
Clara M. Lovett, Chevy Chase
Michael Ramirez hit a new low with his May 9 editorial cartoon, "An American pope," depicting the newly elected pope garbed in stars and stripes.
Did Ramirez intend to celebrate with American Catholics? Does he understand how offensive his cartoon is to non-Catholic Christians struggling against Christian nationalism? Does he recognize what his cartoon signals to millions of Americans who do not happen to be Christian and who depend on the separation of church and state to protect their rights?
It's unfunny because it's true [Prickly City letter]
Anne Schwartz, Washington
Presumably, The Post includes "Prickly City" on its comics page to be inclusive of various political opinions. But the May 5 comic depicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent throwing one of the strip's characters into a van was deeply offensive.
The Trump administration has admitted to sending at least one person to El Salvador in error but seems to be doing everything in its power to resist bringing him home. The upshot is that anyone (not just those who are undocumented) is at risk of being sent to a maximum-security prison overseas without recourse. Please reconsider your inclusion of this strip in The Post.
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