“When a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her father’s dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game,” Telnaes wrote in a post with the cartoon. Nick' and 'How ObamaCare Stole Christmas. Nick.”Ĭruz’s daughter Caroline reads from “The Grinch Who Lost Her Emails,” and Catherine asks him to read “The Senator Who Saved Christmas.” The cartoon was posted to Twitter by Telnaes with the text, 'Ted Cruz uses his kid as political props.' The cartoon references a campaign ad featuring Cruz, his wife, and his two daughters styled as an infomercial for Christmas books with political topics, such as 'Auditing St. Tales include “How ObamaCare Stole Christmas” and “Auditing St. The ad featured Cruz, his wife, Heidi, and their daughters in a fake infomercial for a book of politically charged Christmas stories. Ted Cruz is so "sickened" by cartoon of his kids…he's raising money off it. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree.”Ĭruz used the flap in a Tuesday fundraising pitch: I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. On Tuesday evening, a note from editor Fred Hiatt appeared on The Washington Post’s website reading: “It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. 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. The editorial cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, wrote that Cruz waived the “unspoken rule” to leave politician’s kids out of campaigns with a TV ad that ran during last week’s “Saturday Night Live.” The Washington Post has pulled a political cartoon that depicted Senator Ted Cruz as Santa with an organ grinder and his two young daughters as dancing monke. 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. Stick w/ attacking me–Caroline & Catherine are out of your league. Stick w/ attacking me–Caroline & Catherine are out of your league,” Cruz tweeted Tuesday with a link to the cartoon.Ĭlassy. The monkeys represent Cruz’s daugthers Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4. The animated cartoon featured a Santa Claus-costumed Cruz winding a music box as two leashed monkeys dance in elf costumes. Ted Cruz (Texas) lashed out over the depiction of his grade-school daughters as dancing monkeys for their appearance in a presidential campaign ad. ![]() The Washington Post retracted an editorial cartoon Tuesday evening, after Republican presidential candidate Sen. Washington Post Retracts Editorial Cartoon Depicting Ted Cruzs Daughters as Monkeys Marco Rubio.
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