The opening of a politically-themed bar in Washington, DC., sparked community backlash that forced the owners to remove a Republican symbol from the building’s façade. The owners of Political ...

The opening of a politically-themed bar in Washington, DC, sparked community backlash that forced the owners to remove a Republican symbol from the building’s façade. The owners of Political ...

Media Washington, D.C., political bar takes down Republican symbol after fierce backlash 'We realized that the representation of the red elephant was hurtful to the community,' 'Political Pattie's ...

William C. Fox. Donkey & Elephant!? ¦ History Of The Political Party Symbols. Posted: June 10, 2025 | Last updated: June 13, 2025. Why is the Demoratic Symbol a donkey and the Republican Symbol ...

Political Pattie’s started to go viral before the U Street bar even had a chance to officially announce its opening. Online commenters mocked the idea of another political bar in DC. They took issue ...

When it comes to damage control, rule No. 1 is paramount: When in a hole, quit digging. Somehow, this is time-tested best practice that vast elements of today’s Republican Party have forsaken.

For the sake of accuracy and truth, the Republican Party should exchange its elephant symbol for one that is more reflective of today’s GOP. One candidate might be Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

In 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. In 1916, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected and Republican ...

An image of an elephant was featured as a Republican symbol in at least one political cartoon and a newspaper illustration during the Civil War (when “seeing the elephant” was an expression ...

Vice President Dick Cheney recently went off half-cocked on another typical Republican high-handed and smug attack. He commented that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry lacks "deeply ...

Decades later during the Civil War, Republicans used the symbol of the elephant alongside the slogan “see the elephant,” slang for the time that meant to “fight bravely,” CNN reported in 2020.

The elephant symbol for the Republican Party originated during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. “Northern [Union] ...