Op-Comic: What are you afraid of? How the GOP stokes fear and loathing in a divided America
![Illustration in orange and red of four people looking like they are afraid](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c6d9c7a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x1440+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F04%2Fb1548fc54c8c98583fe02da50f16%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-header.jpg)
(Ward Sutton / For The Times)
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![Illustration of two men protesting the election and harassing an elderly woman who is volunteering at the voting polls](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7df4622/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2b%2F46%2F2d3905454b36b194f7d9880dd774%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-2.jpg)
![Illustration of people freaking out in a library, advocating banning books, while librarians calmly look on](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c2a2389/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2Fd0%2F96de04064ee3a6164b1a3a119f76%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-3.jpg)
![Illustration of a man in a T-shirt and boxers standing in an unkempt living room; he holds a beer and peers out a window](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/60ae293/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa9%2Ff1%2F478627a144838136ca11480574e3%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-4.jpg)
![Illustration of four adults looking fearful and protesting by high school tennis courts; a student, in shadow, plays tennis](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ead650/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F06%2F96%2Feec0e99b4719bc24977e133b69ab%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-5v3.jpg)
![Illustration of a bald man in a patriotic shirt sweating as he reads back of a CD labeled "The Right Wing's Greatest Hits"](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a90452b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2Fce%2F31b2592d4a1eb30de80e2b8e3577%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-6.jpg)
![Illustration is an homage to Edvard Munch's The Scream; a ghost-like figure wears a MAGA hat, surrounded by TV newscasts](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a364f14/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2F2d%2F9283ab084c789ad5e0910af95d5b%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-7.jpg)
![Illustration of a woman in a "My body my choice" T-shirt confronting a political candidate wearing a red tie and sweating](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/92e60f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F5a%2F74d1f955436094099e7a88f84c45%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-8v2.jpg)
![A portrait in blue of Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy with election maps and results in the background](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5bcdd25/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1350x1650+0+0/resize/1200x1467!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F82%2F43%2F151e8cc942d19052100c5edb4ffd%2Fla-oe-sutton-brave-9.jpg)
(Ward Sutton / For The Times)
Ward Sutton’s cartoons have appeared in the New Yorker and the Boston Globe, among other publications. He won the 2018 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. @wardsutton
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