"This is an emergency - all hands on deck," his fundraising letter added. I knew I'd be facing attacks from day one of my campaign, but I never expected anything like this."Ĭruz accused the "liberal media" of attempting to "attack and destroy me (and my family) by any means necessary." "My daughters are not FAIR GAME," he wrote in a fundraising email sent late Tuesday. On Tuesday, Cruz launched an "emergency" appeal seeking to raise $1 million in 24 hours in response to the cartoon. 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. In an ironic twist, a cartoon’s attack on a Ted Cruz campaign ad may help the presidential candidate, as he used the publicity to. The Washington Post on Tuesday retracted an editorial cartoon mocking Sen. That has no place in politics."Ĭruz also said that he "appreciates" the support of his fellow Republicans and that he's glad that the Washington Post removed the image. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks to reporters in December. 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. But don't be attacking five year-old girls. The Washington Post removed a cartoon that featured Ted Cruz’s children amid pushback from the presidential candidate and his supporters. Leave kids alone And if the media wants to attack and ridicule every Republican, well that's what they're gonna do. "It used to be for a long time the rules across the board that kids are off limits," he added. "Not too much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls, that'll do it," Cruz said in response to the cartoon, which has since been taken down. Ted Cruz hammered the Washington Post on Wednesday for publishing an online editorial cartoon depicting his two young daughters as dancing monkeys, telling a crowd in Tulsa that the attack "has no place in politics." After backlash, The Washington Post took down an image depicting GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruzs two daughters as monkey-like characters. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham from the Senate floor during a filibuster - reading faux holiday stories to his daughters, with political titles like "How Obamacare Stole Christmas."Īnother "story" took a shot at Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton: "The Grinch Who Lost Her E-Mails."Ĭruz, meanwhile, has sent out a fundraising e-mail off the flap, telling supports the Post has "declared my daughters 'fair game.Sen. The ad that inspired the cartoon features Cruz - who once read Dr. The Post saying the kids are 'fair game' is even worse."
Said Marco Rubio on Twitter: "Wash Post cartoon featuring children is disgusting. "Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad- don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well," she said on Twitter.Įven some of Cruz's political opponents criticized the cartoon and the defense of it. The cartoonist, Ann Telnaes, noted that Cruz used his children in an ad attacking President Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. Stick w/ attacking me-Caroline & Catherine are out of your league."Ĭruz also sent out a fundraising appeal based on the cartoon with the headline "They attacked my children!" and calling on supporters to "help me fight back." "Classy," the Texas senator said in a Twitter post. I understand why (the cartoonist) thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree."Īmong the critics of the cartoon: Cruz himself. Ted Cruz (Texas) lashed out over the depiction of his grade-school daughters as. "It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it," said a note from Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt. "I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. The Washington Post retracted an editorial cartoon Tuesday evening, after Republican presidential candidate Sen. The Washington Post has pulled a cartoon that depicted Ted Cruz's two daughters as trained monkeys, a response to a Cruz ad featuring his children. Watch Video: Cruz responds to cartoon of daughters as monkeys Ted Cruz (R-TX) tore apart a cartoon published Tuesday by a Washington Post cartoonist that depicted his daughters.
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