![]() Telnaes then followed up with a vow to write about the whole affair.įred Hiatt posted a statement- should be where the cartoon was. Ann Telnaes, a Post cartoonist, drew an animation of the Republican presidential contender in a Santa outfit, with two hatted creatures, after the family gamely appeared in a parody television. Organ Grinders and Their Monkeys Once Entertained on DC Sidewalks via Telnaes December 23, 2015 She tweeted a link with the history of organ grinders in Washington in an apparent attempt to prove her cartoon wasn’t racist and tasteless. Telnaes hasn’t been quiet about WaPo’s decision to retract her cartoon. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree. I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. On the page where the drawing originally appeared there is now a note from editorial page editor Fred Hiatt: UPDATE 12.22.15: The Washington Post removed the cartoon late Tuesday evening, and issued an apology explaining that they did not review Telnaes' work prior to publishing. The tweet from Telnaes trumpeting her Cruz-kids-as-monkeys cartoon has since been deleted, and the Washington Post has retracted the cartoon. Others attacked WaPo for having a double standard given its breathless and critical 2014 coverage of a Hill staffer who privately criticized President Barack Obama’s daughters in a post on her personal Facebook page. The cartoon drew instant Internet ire, with many saying it was a blatantly racist attack on Cruz’s Hispanic heritage. Cruz’s daughters were four years old and seven years old at the time. Telnaes was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning in 2001 in 2015, a cartoon she created depicted the two young daughters of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) as monkeys. By contrast, here’s how Telnaes saw Barack and Michelle Obama. In the ad, Cruz reads aloud parody versions of popular Christmas stories to his daughters that attack his political rivals. In April 2019, Telnaes drew Trump as the devil. Telnaes says her caricature of Cruz and his daughters, all of whom are Hispanic, was inspired by a jokey holiday campaign ad that ran in Iowa on Saturday. The illustration Cruz tweeted closely resembles the WaPo cartoon published and then retracted on Tuesday, which depicted Cruz’s daughters as dancing monkeys leashed to their Santa-suit wearing father. Telnaes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, so I’m surprised she didn’t know this, but something approaching 100 percent of. Someone send some ice and ointment to WaPo’s new building, because they’re going to need it for that sick burn. 1) All Politicians Put Their Families In Their Ads. Seems like a better idea for a cartoon: Hillary and her lapdogs. Cruz’s alternate cartoon idea depicts WaPo and the New York Times as Hillary Clinton’s personal lapdogs.
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