36K views · 361 reactions | With The Republican National Convention beginning today, look back at the 1912 RNC, which saw a rift in the friendship, and ultimately the party, between Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft. | HISTORY | Facebook

Why in the world would the Republican Party use an elephant for their logo?” Cartoonist Matt Wuerker explores this question in tonight’s episode of “Punchlines” and offers his take on the GOP mascot as we know it today. “It does seem, in 2020, the Republican Party might want to consider a new mascot," says M Wuerker. "Maybe it's time to update it. Maybe there's some other mascot that's more approrpiate for the current iteration of the Republican Party." | POLITICO