He was scheduled to spend Wednesday in Oklahoma on the final day of his eight-state, 12 city "Christmas Tour. "For the next three months, the Journal should change their header to the Marco Rubio for President Newspaper, because their attacks-and it's going to keep coming because Marco fights for the principles they care about," he had said. Cruz touts himself as the only true conservative in the GOP field.Įarlier this week, Cruz went on the attack against The Wall Street Journal for its coverage of his competitor, Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Cruz is just 4 percentage points behind front-runner Donald Trump. Political cartoon featuring Ted Cruz, his daughters carries on centuries-old satirical tradition By Denis Slattery New York Daily News at 6:16 am Expand The 1828 political. In a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday, Cruz surged to second place over retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson in the Republican presidential race. Telnaes also joined in the conversation, tweeting, "Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad-don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well." Ted Cruz hugs his daughter Caroline as his other daughter Catherine as wife Heidi looks on during a convocation at Liberty Universitys Vines Center in Lynchburg, VA in March 23, 2015. "I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree." "It's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it," he said. In an online statement that replaced the drawing, Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of the Post, said he failed to look at the cartoon before it was published. It was released just days after his recent presidential campaign advertisement aired on TV, titled "Ted Cruz's Christmas Classics," which features him sitting with his family, reading politically related Christmas stories to his two daughters. The cartoon, drawn by Ann Telnaes, featured Cruz in a Santa Claus costume and cowboy boots, winding a music box with the words "Cruz 2016" on it as two leashed monkeys danced in elf costumes in front of him. Later that night, he used the cartoon in a fundraising pitch and said he is "sickened" by the image. ![]() Don't mess with my kids, don't mess with Marco's kids, don't mess with Hillary's kids, don't mess with anybody's kids.The Washington Post pulled a controversial editorial cartoon on Tuesday night that had depicted Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's young daughters as dancing monkeys.įollowing its publication, the fiery freshman senator from Texas lashed out against the newspaper on Twitter, mockingly calling it "classy" and telling the staff to stick with attacking him instead of his grade-school daughters, Caroline, 7, and Catherine, 4. Don't make fun of a five-year-old girl or a seven-year-old girl. "Not much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls, that'll do it," he told supporters in televised remarks. The Washington Post pulled a controversial editorial cartoon on Tuesday night that had depicted Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's young daughters as dancing monkeys. Senator Cruz, who is topping polls in Iowa - the first state to vote in the Republican primaries in February - railed against the cartoon while out campaigning on Wednesday. Republican rivals rallied to Cruz's support, including Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio - who tweeted: "Wash Post cartoon featuring children is disgusting." dou9c7fS4U- Ted Cruz December 23, 2015"Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs," he tweeted, alluding to a widely-held Republican view that mainstream US media - and both papers in particular - have a Democratic bias. Ted Cruz says he regrets going to Cancún while Texans froze Cruz said he went to Mexico to drop off his daughters and was flying home Thursday. Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs. The Texas senator responded on Wednesday night by posting an image of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, walking two dogs dubbed "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post." Stick w/ attacking me-Caroline & Catherine are out of your league. Stick w/ attacking me - Caroline & Catherine are out of your league," tweeted a furious Cruz, who is polling second in the Republican primary race.Ĭlassy. ![]() The offending cartoon by the Washington Post - since removed from it website - showed Cruz as an organ grinder with two dancing monkeys, under the headline: "Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props." Ted Cruz Fights Political Cartoon Featuring His Daughters The GOP presidential candidate is angry after The Washington Post published a cartoon featuring his young daughters. A cartoon war has erupted in the White House race over a satirical drawing depicting the two young daughters of Republican candidate Ted Cruz as performing monkeys. The cartoon was captioned, 'Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.' Cruz was backed in his criticism by Republican rival and fellow Senator Marco Rubio, himself a father of four.
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