'I STILL LIKE HIM'
GOP leader McCarthy defends Dr Seuss by reading Green Eggs and Ham after Biden admin cancels author in ‘racism’ storm
REP Kevin McCarthy stuck up for Dr Seuss after the children's author was canceled by the Biden administration over "racism" claims.
McCarthy, the House minority leader, shared a video of himself dramatically reading one of Seuss' most famous works, Green Eggs and Ham, to his Twitter account, and said he "still likes" the author.
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"I still like Dr. Seuss, so I decided to read Green Eggs and Ham," McCarthy wrote alongside the video.
"[Retweet] if you still like him too!"
The video comes after did not mention Seuss in his Read Across America Day proclamation, even though his two predecessors, and , both honored the late author.
Read Across American Day is held every year on March 2, Seuss' birthday.
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The Biden administration's decision to not mention the author came after Dr Seuss Enterprises, which oversees the legacy of the late author, announced they would stop publishing six titles because of racially insensitive images and content.
The company said the titles "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong."
The titles getting the cut are The Cat's Quizzer, If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot's Pool, On Beyond Zebra and Scrambled Eggs Super.
On Tuesday, the Biden administration faced questions about the author, whose works have been accused of containing offensive portrayals of black and Asian people.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that it was "important that children of all backgrounds see themselves in the children's books that they have read."
Psaki confirmed that she was responsible for that did not mention Seuss.
The works of the children's author, who died in 1991, have been translated into dozens of languages and sold in more than 100 countries around the world.
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In a statement to the Associated Press, Dr Seuss Enterprises said that the decision to pull the six books "is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr Seuss Enterprises' catalog represents and supports all communities and families."
The legendary author's granddaughter, Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, acknowledged that she understood why the books were being pulled, but .
"There wasn’t a racist bone in that man’s body — he was so acutely aware of the world around him and cared so much," she .
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