As Twitchy reported earlier tonight, Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes decided to express her disgust with Sen. Ted Cruz using his children as political props by depicting the GOP candidate as an organ grinder and his children as dancing monkeys. “Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad,” she had tweeted earlier, advising critics, “don’t start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well.”
This is for you @anntelnaes – Democrat Prop-a-palooza: The Use & Abuse of Kiddie Human Shields #flashbackfriday https://t.co/BUE2H8RgBu
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 23, 2015
Obama daughters as political props: https://t.co/AlQyT55Stc | https://t.co/2KEQiY6aZq | https://t.co/cLiId3Va07 https://t.co/Zn2Vv4jHIY
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 22, 2015
Here's President Obama using his family as puppets. @AnnTelnaes pic.twitter.com/2HIxeYqnn4
— Weasel Zippers (@weaselzippers) December 23, 2015
Drawing Cruz’s children at all would have been bad enough, but depicting them as monkeys?
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/679476131523891201
Ted Cruz's girls are CHILDREN – @washingtonpost owe's his daughters an apology. They will grow up and see that crappy cartoon, trust me.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 23, 2015
Editorial page editor Fred Hiatt did pen an editor’s note.
Editor's note on the Cruz cartoon. pic.twitter.com/mzpev2FDp8
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) December 23, 2015
WaPo's @hiattf took the racist cartoon down. No apology to Cruz but semi-apology ("I understand") to the cartoonist! https://t.co/eq8KChrzq2
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/679476233323823105
Hey @washingtonpost why don't you interview Bristol Palin for her thoughts on the media's alleged "hands off kids" policy?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 23, 2015
Merry Christmas, grinch @anntelnaes ==> #standwithcruzdaughters https://t.co/vjjSVteHKU
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 23, 2015
@michellemalkin @AnnTelnaes so father reading to his children makes them monkeys? or does wash. post have a prob w/ #family & principals?
— larry baker (@bakerlarry84) December 23, 2015
@michellemalkin @anntelnaes Imagine the media freakout if the @washingtonpost published a cartoon depicting Obama's daughters as monkeys.
— Terry Welty (@terrywelty) December 23, 2015
@michellemalkin @AnnTelnaes Did the Washington Post accidentally offend itself?
— VETS_against_TERROR (@VAT_2015) December 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Major_Skidmark/status/679483359391649792
But she’s an award-winning cartoonist!
Jerk/cartoonist Ann Telnaes won 2002 "Maggie Award" by Planned Parenthood for pro-abort art. No "props" left behind. https://t.co/7LybNlb1dx
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) December 23, 2015
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