He sought $1 million in contributions in 24 hours to "send a message to the Washington Post." Trump, Clinton extend leads in US 2016 race: pollĬruz responded to the cartoon on Tuesday with an email to supporters that, according to NBC's website, featured the cartoon. "If folks want to attack me, knock yourself out," he said. Telnaes said that since Cruz used the girls in a campaign video, she was justified in putting them in her cartoon, which was on the Post website on Tuesday before editors removed it.Ĭruz, rising in polls ahead of next November's election, said at a campaign event in Oklahoma that he expected to be attacked but not his daughters. The Washington Post pulled the cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes. Trump's Muslim comments disqualify him from presidency: White House The debate dominated cable news television and social media. It followed a new Cruz campaign TV ad in which the Texas senator shares with his wife and two young children faux Christmas stories entitled, “How Obamacare Stole Christmas” and “The Grinch Who Lost Her Emails,” a reference to Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton. The Washington Post ignited a debate over the role of children in US presidential campaigns when it published - and then retracted - a political cartoon portraying Republican candidate Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and his daughters as monkeys. US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) stands on stage with his wife Heidi and their daughters Catherine and Caroline, as he announces his candidacy for president during an event at Liberty College in Lynchburg, Virginia, March 23, 2015.
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