The White House (Incorrectly) Mourned The Children’s Cartoon ‘Paw Patrol’ As A Victim Of Cancel Culture

The culture war between people who hope to spark systemic change that eliminates racism and sexism in society and those who think “cancel culture” is out of control entered a new chapter on Friday with the White House incorrectly mourning the cancelation of a cartoon about dogs who are cops. On Friday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany publicly claimed that President Donald Trump is upset that Paw Patrol has been canceled along with other shows detailing police activity.

Fact check: The children’s show ‘Paw Patrol’ has not been canceled by Nickelodeon pic.twitter.com/Kd9AHSQCFQ

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“He’s also appalled by cancel culture and cancel culture specifically as it pertains to cops. We saw a few weeks ago that Paw Patrol, a cartoon about cops, was canceled,” she said. “The show Cops was canceled. Live PD was canceled. LEGO halted the sales of their LEGO city police station. It’s unfortunate.”

The problem here is that only some of that was true. While LEGO did stop advertising sets and both the long-running Cops and Live PD were canceled amid historic protests against police brutality, the first stated victim of cancel culture simply didn’t happen. The official Paw Patrol Twitter account did say last month that it would pause posting on social media amid the ongoing conversation about race and police relations in America, a pause that has continued into late July.

— PAW Patrol (@pawpatrol) June 2, 2020

That’s a long way from taking the children’s cartoon off the air, however, and there’s no indication that Paw Patrol has been canceled despite the White House explicitly saying it was canceled “weeks ago.” A new video game based on the show is on the way, and despite COVID-19 cancelations its live show is still scheduling dates in the future. According to Snopes, it hasn’t left the television airways, despite some parents best wishes. On Friday afternoon, the long-dormant account was forced to tweet a reminder that, no, the show was not canceled.