That commercial, in turn, refers back to the time in 2013 when Cruz read from Dr. You can find a representation of the cartoon, which was apparently originally an animated GIF, in the story posted at Mediaite, and Telnaes appears to have based her cartoon on an ad that Cruz ran in Iowa over the weekend in which he reads a politicized version of вЂњThe Night Before ChristmasвЂќ to his daughters while a narrator speaks. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree.вЂќ I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. вЂњItвЂ™s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. In place of the cartoon Fred Hiatt, the PostвЂ™s editorial page editor, wrote in a post why it was taken down. Cruz frequently jokes that reporters and editors will вЂњcheck themselves into therapyвЂќ when he is elected because they will be so distraught. вЂњWhen a politician uses his children as political props, as Ted Cruz recently did in his Christmas parody video in which his eldest daughter read (with her fatherвЂ™s dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game,вЂќ she wrote.Д¬ruz frequently cites his two grade-school daughters in his stump speech, which also frequently ridicules coverage of Cruz in prominent national publications like the Post and The New York Times. She added that Cruz had now made his kids acceptable targets for satire. вЂњTed Cruz has put his children in a political ad - donвЂ™t start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well,вЂќ she wrote. Telnaes, however, defended her cartoon on Twitter. WeвЂ™re both Dads of young kids, and itвЂ™s hard enough on them,вЂќ Cruz tweeted. The Post saying the kids are вЂfair gameвЂ™ is even worse,вЂќ he tweeted. вЂњWash Post cartoon featuring children is disgusting. Stick w/ attacking meвЂ“Caroline & Catherine are out of your league,вЂќ Cruz tweeted Tuesday.Д®ven Marco Rubio, who has been tangling loudly with Cruz for several weeks, came to his defense.

In the 90-second spot, вЂњCruz Christmas Classics,вЂќ which had nearly 1.5 million views as of Tuesday afternoon, the daughters and CruzвЂ™s wife, Heidi, read from a fictional holiday-themed childrenвЂ™s book while sitting together on the couch. Ted Cruz obtained new ammunition Tuesday to shoot at his favorite bogeyman, the mainstream media, after The Washington Post depicted his two young daughters as monkey-like characters doing the bidding of their father.Д«y early Tuesday evening, backlash to the cartoon had swelled to the point where the Post took down the image and replaced it with an editorвЂ™s note.ДЄnn 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 advertisement that aired during вЂњSaturday Night LiveвЂќ this weekend. The Washington Post has pulled a political cartoon depicting Senator Ted Cruz and his two young daughters after largely bipartisan push back erupted over the way the children were depicted:

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