Pepe the Frog artist supports Clinton 'even though she's talking smack'

The creator of the stoned frog and his three unambitious roommates says Pepe is ‘all about diversity’ despite the cartoon having been used in a Trump meme

Perhaps no cartoon frog has been as thoroughly maligned during the 2016 election as Matt Furie’s hapless Pepe. The meme-friendly, often crudely drawn amphibian has lately been seen smiling, sporting Trump-like hair and standing menacingly behind the Republican presidential nominee in a photoshopped lineup of “The Deplorables”, a play on Hillary Clinton’s dismissal of many of the candidate’s supporters as “a basket full of deplorables”.

The Clinton campaign posted an underinformed explainer about Pepe, describing him as a “symbol associated with white supremacy”, though they admit that he has been “enjoyed by teenagers and pop stars alike” in the past.

I am so proud to be one of the Deplorables #Trump2016 http://pic.twitter.com/IFD1hfC60w

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