As anyone with even a passing interest in US politics knows, the elephant ... But to Republican opponents, he was "jackass" - which had more or less the same meaning then as it does now.

S.C.), and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum at the first Republican candidates' debate ... that Fox New moderator Bret Baier called the “elephant not in the room”— Donald Trump, the former ...

Origins: The elephant became associated with the Republican Party also thanks to Thomas Nast. In the same 1874 cartoon mentioned above, Nast depicted an elephant labeled "The Republican Vote ...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., -- Inside the Bucks County Republican headquarters, you can't escape the elephant in the room. From elephants made of Coca-Cola, cups emblazed with the trunk, to one holding up a ...

In this case, the willing volunteer is the GOP elephant. "This is the fourth time in less than a year that I've drawn Trump (or his hands)," the cover's illustrator, Barry Blitt told The New Yorker.