![]() Santorum referred to the State Department issuing a travel warning for Americans visiting Mexico because of violence between drug-smuggling gangs. In 2012, Republican contender Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, faced backlash for questioning whether it was proper for President Barack Obama’s 13-year-old daughter Malia to take a school trip to Mexico. 22, 2015Ĭruz’s claim that candidates’ children have been “off limits” in years past isn’t entirely accurate. Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad- don’t start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well. Telnaes has not backed down and took to Twitter to defend her work and also indicate that she aims to pen a column about the dust up. – The Washington Post Pulls Ted Cruz Cartoon /ZdwHPgLGbm Post editors yanked the cartoon off the newspaper’s website but not before the image went viral on social media:Ĭomics A.M. Stick w/ attacking me–Caroline & Catherine are out of your league. ![]() On Twitter, Cruz slammed the animated cartoon, drawn by Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes:Ĭlassy. “It used to be for a long time the rules across the board, kids were off limits, and that should be the rule,” Cruz said at the Tulsa rally. The Tea Party-backed Republican also spoke out about the cartoon during a campaign stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma, saying his children and the children of other candidates, regardless of party designation, shouldn’t be subjected to political attacks. Retracting it risks the appearance of caving to political pressure.Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign fired off an angry email to supporters Wednesday, ripping into a Washington Post editorial-page cartoonist for depicting the Texas senator’s two young daughters as dancing monkeys. While the editors at The Washington Post are free to edit how they see fit, in our view it would have been best to defend the cartoon once it had been published. This is a technique many employ when in the crosshairs of satire, and the media must be careful not to fall for this argument hook, line, and sinker. Taken in full context, Cruz was clearly the target, but he and his supporters deflected the message by claiming his children were the victims. The media should draw a distinction between this and when elected officials merely use their family in photo ops and positive campaign promotion as has historically been the custom.Ĭartoons speak in metaphor, and the monkey image is integral to the age-old organ grinder symbol. It does not stray from the time-honored tradition of cartoonists using satire to speak truth to power and protect the powerless – in this case, children.Ĭruz ventured into new territory when he had his 7-year-old play an active attack role reading from a script in a campaign ad criticizing political opponents. And that's precisely what Ann's cartoon has done. ![]() ![]() While it would be in bad taste to arbitrarily go after a public figure's family, it is fair journalism to criticize the senator for using his own children to attack a political opponent. Ted Cruz for politicizing his daughters in a campaign attack ad. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) stands in support with Ann Telnaes and her right to call out presidential candidate Sen. ![]()
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