WaPo Depicts Cruz’ Kids As Monkeys…What If A Conservative Site Did That To Obama’s Kids?
Can you imagine the outrage and endless news coverage if a conservative cartoonist was to do this to Obama’s kids?
Washington Post editors bowed to public outrage and issued a retraction after political cartoonist Ann Telnaes published a disgusting attack on Ted Cruz, depicting his young daughters as trained monkeys.
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She wrote that despite an “unspoken rule” making a politician’s children off-limits, “when a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz did in his Christmas parody video,” she added, “then I figure they are fair game.” (Bizpac Review)
Here was Ted Cruz’s reaction:
Classy. @washingtonpost makes fun of my girls. Stick w/ attacking me–Caroline & Catherine are out of your league. https://t.co/N61ys6z8w1
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 22, 2015
Even Marco Rubio defended his rival:
Wash Post cartoon featuring @tedcruz’s children is disgusting. The Post saying the kids are “fair game” is even worse.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 23, 2015
Here was the cartoonists original Tweet, followed by reactions to it:
Organ Grinders and Their Monkeys Once Entertained on DC Sidewalks https://t.co/4ltD90CHge via @boundarystones
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) December 23, 2015
@AnnTelnaes @BoundaryStones keep digging. You are so despicable.
— susan price (@sbprice) December 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Dodpiff/status/679510647827136512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/AmberBinGA/status/679511076300533760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@AnnTelnaes @BoundaryStones your commitment to digging holes is impressive
— Tamara Winter (@_TamaraWinter) December 23, 2015
