I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree. 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. Leave Hillary’s kids and grandkids alone. But let me suggest a very simple rule that everyone ought to follow: Leave the kids alone. 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. 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. 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. Some holiday reading to look forward to.Senator Ted Cruz responded yesterday to a political cartoon published in the Washington Post that depicted his two daughters as dancing monkeys. I’m not commenting anything else, plan to write something about the whole… Telnaes then followed up with a vow to write about the whole affair.įred Hiatt posted a statement- should be where the cartoon was. Organ Grinders and Their Monkeys Once Entertained on DC Sidewalks via Telnaes December 23, 2015 She tweeted a link with the history of organ grinders in Washington in an apparent attempt to prove her cartoon wasn’t racist and tasteless. Telnaes hasn’t been quiet about WaPo’s decision to retract her cartoon. It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. He’s previously opposed same-sex marriage. Ted Cruz is known for his anti-LGBTQ+ stances. On the page where the drawing originally appeared there is now a note from editorial page editor Fred Hiatt: Cruz is the oldest daughter of Ted Cruz, 51, and his wife, Heidi, 49. Ted Cruz on Wednesday blasted a Washington Post editorial cartoon that portrayed his two young daughters as monkeys on leashes, stating that children should be off-limits. The tweet from Telnaes trumpeting her Cruz-kids-as-monkeys cartoon has since been deleted, and the Washington Post has retracted the cartoon. Others attacked WaPo for having a double standard given its breathless and critical 2014 coverage of a Hill staffer who privately criticized President Barack Obama’s daughters in a post on her personal Facebook page. The cartoon drew instant Internet ire, with many saying it was a blatantly racist attack on Cruz’s Hispanic heritage. In the ad, Cruz reads aloud parody versions of popular Christmas stories to his daughters that attack his political rivals. Telnaes says her caricature of Cruz and his daughters, all of whom are Hispanic, was inspired by a jokey holiday campaign ad that ran in Iowa on Saturday. The illustration Cruz tweeted closely resembles the WaPo cartoon published and then retracted on Tuesday, which depicted Cruz’s daughters as dancing monkeys leashed to their Santa-suit wearing father. Someone send some ice and ointment to WaPo’s new building, because they’re going to need it for that sick burn. Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs. Cruz’s alternate cartoon idea depicts WaPo and the New York Times as Hillary Clinton’s personal lapdogs.
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