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<p>In addition, the <em>Politico</em> cartoonist thought it appropriate to deride people&rsquo;s faith as well, with a man dressed in a Confederate flag t-shirt being rescued from his rooftop and declaring: &ldquo;Angels! Sent by God!&rdquo; A Coast Guard pilot was shown correcting him: &ldquo;Er, actually Coast Guard...sent by the government.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p><strong>Update: </strong><em>Politico</em> has deleted the tweet, but the offensive cartoon remains <a href="http://www.politico.com/gallery/2017/08/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-august-2017-002463?slide=0" target="_blank">posted to its website</a>. For his part, <a href="https://twitter.com/wuerker" target="_blank">Wuerker has taken to Twitter</a> in a desperate attempt to excuse his insensitive depiction of the deadly natural disaster. &quot;Just trying to point out times like this we&#39;re lucky to have rescue services. Don&#39;t see how this takes away from private individuals heroism,&quot; he feebly explained. Moments later, he claimed: &quot;Respectfully -- it&#39;s making fun of the Secessionist movement. Not at all aimed at all Texans.&quot;</p>

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