Responding to the backlash, Moran defended his work, claiming on X, "I've attacked a man who removes the rights of Jewish people and subjects them to dangerous medical experiments while implementing 'papers please' policies. And people think I'm the antisemite. What a wild ride we're on."
Despite using the title ‘Kosher’, Moran claimed: “There are no Jews in that cartoon. If you think the man in the middle is a Jew, you have no understanding of the Jewish faith. Or any faith. Or basic morality.”