Washington Post pulls cartoon depicting Ted Cruz's daughters as trained monkeys

Published December 23, 2015

Washington Post cartoon portrays Cruz's daughters as monkeys
The Washington Post removed an editorial cartoon from its website late Tuesday that depicted Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's young daughters as trained monkeys.

As of midnight Wednesday, the webpage where the cartoon by Ann Telnaes had been shown was replaced by a note from the Post's editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt.

"It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it," Hiatt wrote. "I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree."

Politico reported the cartoon was in response to an online ad released by Cruz's campaign that depicted him reading politics-related Christmas stories to his daughters, 7-year-old Caroline and 4-year-old Catherine. Telnaes herself referenced the ad on Twitter earlier Tuesday.

Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad- don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well. https://t.co/7hafBacOiK
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) December 22, 2015
Earlier Tuesday, the Texas senator criticized the Post on Twitter over the cartoon, which depicted him as an organ grinder dressed in a Santa Claus costume while two similarly-clad monkeys danced on leashes in front of him. The cartoon was captioned, "Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props."

Classy. @washingtonpost makes fun of my girls. Stick w/ attacking me--Caroline & Catherine are out of your league. https://t.co/N61ys6z8w1
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 22, 2015
Cruz was backed in his criticism by Republican rival and fellow Senator Marco Rubio, himself a father of four.

Wash Post cartoon featuring @tedcruz’s children is disgusting. The Post saying the kids are “fair game” is even worse.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 23, 2015
Telnaes, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2001, had no immediate comment on the cartoon being pulled, but posted a link on Twitter late Tuesday to an article titled "Organ Grinders and Their Monkeys Once Entertained on DC Sidewalks"

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/12/23/washington-post-pulls-cartoon-depicting-ted-cruzs-daughters-as-trained-monkeys.html?cmpid=NL_morninghl/ Video & cartoon on link.
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Polls are 50/50 on this..because he did use his kids as pawns. And open that door. Then got p@ssed at the cartoon.

Is it a Canadian thing to use your kids, in ad campaigns? Does he think his family could be portrayed or viewed like JFK's?


Franklin D. Roosevelt:
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

 

Yay for convenient libtard racism.

Just imagine the furor, if anyone had depicted
Obonzo's daughters as monkeys.

and rightly so,,,, its unprofessional and immature to attack peoples kids,,,

I agree with both of you.. Rock & msharmony.

Some things are off limits & should remain so.
Including keeping your kids OUT of the limelight

Cruz on the other hand IS a monkey on a chain....

You got it

Few will catch it though

and this "Friend Of America" isn't through with you yet by a long shot!



and he has the Money to put where his mouth is!

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig! 2 perfect examples!