Telnaes was unapologetic, posting a link on Twitter to a parody campaign ad released by Cruz's campaign which showed him reading Christmas stories to his daughters with titles such as "How Obamacare Stole Christmas" and "Rudolph the Underemployed Reindeer. The cartoon, which portrayed Cruz as a Santa suit-clad organ grinder, and his two daughters as dancing monkeys, was removed with an editor's note explaining it's the newspaper's policy to leave children out. Click here to make an instant, emergency contribution and help me fight back."
"My daughters are not FAIR GAME," the Republican presidential candidate wrote in an email late Tuesday, seeking to raise $1 million in 24 hours. "I'm sickened.I knew I'd be facing attacks from day one of my campaign, but I never expected anything like this."Ĭruz accused the "liberal media" of trying to attack and destroy him as well as his family and said in the email, "This is an emergency - all hands on deck. Ted Cruz blasted the Washington Post and launched a fundraising appeal in response to an online editorial cartoon by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes depicting his two young daughters as dancing monkeys, NBC News reported. The image, by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes, portrayed Ms. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tore apart a cartoon published Tuesday by a Washington Post cartoonist that depicted his daughters as trained monkeysthen used the image.
I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree.Sen. Senator Ted Cruz has blasted the Washington Post after it published a cartoon depicting his daughters as dancing monkeys. I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. Kids should be off-limits and the Washington Post should know that.”Īfter taking the cartoon off its website, the Washington Post editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt posted this comment: “It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. The Washington Post has removed an editorial cartoon from its website that showed Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as an organ grinder dressed as Santa Claus with is daughters depicted. Leave Hillary’s kids and grandkids alone. Post cartoon showed Cruzs daughters as trained monkeys and Cruz himself as their organ grinder Editor pulled the cartoon hours later, saying he never saw it before it was published Cruz campaign. Telnaes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, so I’m surprised she didn’t know this, but something approaching 100 percent of. But let me suggest a very simple rule that everyone ought to follow: Leave the kids alone. 1) All Politicians Put Their Families In Their Ads. Ted Cruz said, “Listen, I appreciate that, number one the media yesterday decides the right thing to do is to target my girls, to attack a 5-year old and 7-year old and now coming back and turning yet another attack, you know, thank you for that sentiment. The political cartoon drew sharp criticism from Cruz, who argued that the kids of political candidates should be off limits.įollowing a rally in Oklahoma today, Cruz slammed the Washington Post for publishing the cartoon. Cruz responds to cartoon of daughters as monkeys A Washington Post editorial cartoon portrayed Ted Cruz's daughters as monkeys. The Republican presidential candidate also criticized the paper for its tasteless attack on his children. It was eventually retracted by the Washington Post, but the artist says she was justified in using Cruz’s daughters after Cruz used them in his campaign ad. Cruz launched an emergency appeal seeking to raise 1 million in 24 hours in response to a Washington Post online editorial cartoon depicting his two young daughters as dancing monkeys. The cartoon, which followed a new campaign ad featuring the presidential hopeful, his wife and their two daughters, also portrayed Cruz as an organ grinder.
Senator Ted Cruz responded yesterday to a political cartoon published in the Washington Post that depicted his two daughters as dancing monkeys.
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