Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes skewered the 2016 presidential candidate for using his daughters Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4, in a holiday-themed campaign ad. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for including his young daughters in a recent campaign ad. 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. The Washington Post on Tuesday retracted an editorial cartoon mocking Sen. The animation by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes sparked immediate. The cartoon was captioned, “Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.”Ĭruz was backed in his criticism by Republican rival and fellow Sen. Ted Cruz blasts Washington Post cartoon of daughters as monkeys.
Before it came down, Telnaes explained the cartoon this way: There is an unspoken rule in editorial cartooning that a politician's children are off-limits. The caption of this Washington Post editorial cartoon was, “Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.”Įarlier Tuesday, the Texas senator criticized the Washington 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. In response to right-wing outrage, The Washington Post has taken down a cartoon by Ann Telnaes that depicted Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and Cruz's daughters as dancing monkeys. Republican candidate Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and his daughters as monkeys. Telnaes herself referenced the ad on Twitter earlier Tuesday. The Washington Post pulled the cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes. 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. Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props Washington Post - Ann Telnaes political cartoon anntelnaes tedcruz marycummins1 Ted Cruz does indeed use his. 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. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc.) 'Ted Cruz has put his children. Earlier Tuesday, The Washington Post had published a cartoon by Ann Telnaes, the paper's editorial cartoonist, that depicted Senator Cruz dressed like Santa Claus accompanied by his two daughters. “It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it,” Hiatt wrote. Cartoonist Ann Telnaes called Ted Cruz's daughters 'fair game' after they appeared in the GOP presidential candidate's campaign ads. 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.Īs 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.