Cartoon created by Detroit News columnist for other publication sparks outrage [Video]

(WXYZ) — A cartoon that recently was published by the National Review is sparking outrage and backlash from community members and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.

This cartoon was created by Henry Payne, who also happens to be a Detroit News auto columnist. The cartoon, which is on the National Review online publication, shows a woman identified as U.S. Rep. Tlaib seated at a desk with a pager nearby, which appears to be smoking with the caption: “odd my pager just exploded.”

The cartoon has been called Islamophobic, appalling, and glorifying the killing of civilians, according to county commissioner Sam Baydoun. It’s also being condemned by Dearborn’s mayor and others on social media.

The cartoon displayed the author’s Detroit News email address at the bottom and referenced deadly exploding pagers, sources have told ABC News, were intended by Israelis to kill members of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

In a statement to me, Tlaib says: “this …