The Boston Herald apologized Wednesday after the newspaper featured a cartoon mocking President Barack Obama and the Secret Service that some say is racist.
Jerry Holbert's cartoon showed Obama brushing his teeth in a bathroom as a man sits in a tub behind and asks the president, 'Have you tried the new watermelon flavored toothpaste?'
The cartoon was accompanied with the caption: 'White House Invader Got Farther Than Originally Thought.'
Holbert spoke out about the controversy on Boston Herald Radio, saying he chose the flavor of the toothpaste because he really 'likes watermelons' and was not making a racist remark.
'I didn't think people thought like this anymore -- I am just thinking about the flavors, and I love watermelon,' Holbert said.
The cartoon ran in other publications with Obama being asked about raspberry toothpaste, because the group that syndicates Holbert's cartoon asked him to change reference from watermelon to raspberry. Holbert said he did not tell the Herald about that change.
'I was thinking that I really like watermelon, so I was thinking along those lines, because I just don't think that way. I apologize for anyone I offended. This was not my intention at all,' he said.
Boston Herald editors issued an apology saying they 'regret if we inadvertently offended anyone,' with the cartoon.
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson spent hours Tuesday explaining a White House security breach that happened last month. A Texas Army veteran who jumped the White House fence on Sept. 19 was able to make it deep into the mansion before being stopped.
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