Ted Cruzs two young daughters in a cartoon, depicting them as monkeys. Jeb Bush of Florida also decried the cartoon in a tweet and on Fox News. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate on December. Marco Rubio of Florida, also the father of young children, tweeted that the cartoon was “disgusting.” Luckily for Ted Cruz, The Washington Post delivered a minor Christmas miracle Tuesday night, when the paper retracted an editorial cartoon depicting his daughters as dancing monkeysmore or less. The ad caused a firestorm on social media and GOP candidate Sen. Ted 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 animation by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes sparked immediate controversy and was later taken down by the Post. Ted Cruz launched an 'emergency' fundraising appeal seeking to raise 1 million in 24 hours in response to a Washington Post online editorial cartoon de. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree.” Senator Ted Cruz got an early Christmas gift, of sorts, from the Washington Post when one of its editorial cartoonists decided it would be good fun to portray his young daughters as monkeys. “I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. “It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it,” Post editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt said in a statement.

The Post pulled the cartoon and in its place posted an editor’s note.

That has no place in politics.”ĭespite referring to Clinton’s daughter in a conciliatory manner, Cruz took off after the Democratic front-runner herself in a tweet that showed her walking her “lapdogs,” The Washington Post and The New York Times. And if the media wants to attack and ridicule every Republican, well that’s what they’re gonna do. The cartoon was precisely trying to criticize how vile Cruz is by using his daughters as props to advance his political agenda. “It used to be for a long time the rules across the board (were) that kids are off-limits. 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. Under the spotlight cast by a Washington Post cartoon that depicted his children as monkeys, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz launched an.

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