VIDEO : Garfield The Cat Faces Backlash For Voting Apathy

Now that backlash is being extended to an animated character - in this case Garfield the Cat, after the character's social media post about the Midterm Elections stoked fire in fans: Now, to be fair, there are two ways to read this Instagram post: Garfield is taking an approach of hard indifference to major socio-political events like the Midterm Elections - in the same vein as Melania Trump's controversial jacket, worn during the immigration Child Separation Scandal. Garfield is being the same Garfield we've all known and loved up to this point, and this is just that character's way of actually inspiring people to vote.