As Twitchy reported, Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes proudly touted her depiction of Ted Cruz’s two young daughters as his trained monkeys. Cruz rightly took Telnaes to task over it.
But here’s how Politico’s framing the story:
.@TedCruz lashes out at Washington Post cartoonist for drawing his daughters https://t.co/Ev7oln4at3 | Getty pic.twitter.com/CZY0qYll7K
— POLITICO (@politico) December 22, 2015
“Lashes out”?
It's not the racist white cartoonist see, it's the lashing out by Ted Cruz.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 22, 2015
That makes Cruz look like the bad guy. Not only that, but Telnaes isn’t just guilty of “drawing his daughters”; she drew them as trained monkeys and called them “political props.”
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/679451987608498177
The Texas senator was responding to a cartoon from Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes that said “Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.” The cartoon portrayed Cruz in a Santa outfit and cowboy boots cranking a box to make two Christmas-clad monkeys dance.
Those “Christmas-clad monkeys” are meant to depict his daughters, Politico. Quit with the mental gymnastics and tell the damn truth!
As monkeys. Don't leave out what would no doubt be considered CENTRAL if they were Dem daughters. https://t.co/gRHHLL9noZ
— Renna (@RennaW) December 22, 2015
Would @politico be "flippant" if Obama's daughters were drawn as MONKEYS as @WashingtonPost did Cruzs' #tcot #ccot https://t.co/N8PTMz3jyM
— Tony Powers (@PowersToPeeps) December 22, 2015
"LASHES OUT!" Replace the girls with Malia and Sasha. @politico @tedcruz
— WhichWitch (@JeffersonTeaPar) December 23, 2015
@politico @tedcruz Not because they were drawn, but because they were drawn as monkeys. Try that with Obama's girls and see if it works.
— Crash Turkey Letalien (@Coach_Crash) December 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/reilly19_reilly/status/679452964843466752
@politico @tedcruz Really? Headline trying to make Cruz look like the bad guy? They drew his children as monkeys, you slimeballs.
— Thanksmaven (@Killmaven) December 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/LennyOnDaBass/status/679448003581718528
@politico @tedcruz As monkeys. Finish the damn sentence you vile bafoons
— AttackPilotTrader (@BenAltitude) December 22, 2015
@politico You spelled portraying his daughters as monkeys wrong. @tedcruz
— Let's all calm down (@NikVanHelsing) December 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/StarzandStrypz/status/679445743967596544
https://twitter.com/metro_hobbit/status/679447214263959552
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