The publishers behind Franklin the Turtle books have issued a response after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth co-opted the beloved kids’ character to push a violent MAGA agenda. After a day of backlash, the publishers of the Franklin books, Kids Can Press, issued a statement that made their stance perfectly clear. imagine working on Franklin the Turtle and suddenly getting called into an emergency meeting to discuss the US government’s fan art of your beloved Canadian cartoon turtle carrying out extrajudicial killings in Venezuela pic.twitter.com/ekcxykCQ1j — Janel Comeau 🍁 (@VeryBadLlama) December 2, 2025
Author: Rachel Kiley
Published at: 2025-12-03 22:30:00
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