![]() because they were worried they might brief their sort of perceived rivals," he added. "Along the way there have been some lawyers withholding legal deliberations and kind of legal strategy, thinking from other co-counsel. And it has been going on since September and it has lasted all the way through and along the way, there's been a murder-suicide pact." "We reported this week that there's been a level of distrust and interpersonal conflict, that we did not previously appreciate. "I think, you know, it's certainly possible, right?" he replied. ![]() Noting that Lowell has called r the former president's battling lawyers a "trainwreck," Phang asked, "The fact there's a level of disorganization and infighting in Trump's legal team, going to create more problems for Donald Trump?" Screenshot of original Telnaes tweet below: Telanes had telegraphed earlier Tuesday morning that a cartoon featuring the Cruz kids would be forthcoming, tweeting: "Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad- don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well," and including a link to the Cruz commercial. "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," Hiatt said in a note at the link where the cartoon formerly resided. "It’s generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. "But when 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 father’s dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game," she added.Įditorial page editor Fred Hiatt disagreed, writing that he never would have approved on the cartoon in the first place. Writing at the Post, Tenaes said, "There is an unspoken rule in editorial cartooning that a politician’s children are off-limits.” The cartoon by Telnaes was in response to an ad the candidate ran during the Democratic debate on Saturday, featuring a wholesome Cruz family reading Christmas stories critical of Democrats and front running candidate Hillary Clinton, In the ad, both of Cruz's daughter join in the mockery, which Telnaes claims made them "fair game." Stick w/ attacking me-Caroline & Catherine are out of your league." The animated cartoon by longtime Washington Post artist Ann Telnaes was online for several hours on Wednesday and was immediately the subject of ire by conservatives, with Cruz sarcastically tweeting "classy" at the paper for allowing it to be published. ![]() Ted Cruz (R), the editorial page editor of the Washington Post pulled down an online cartoon depicting the GOP presidential candidate's children as organ grinder's monkeys. It shows him reading his daughters politically themed Christmas stories, like "How Obamacare Stole Christmas" and "Rudolph the Underemployed Reindeer." Catherine is 5, and Caroline is 7.Responding to complaints from Texas Sen. The Cruz campaign released the TV commercial last week. "Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad - don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well," she wrote there. She declined further comment on Wednesday, but was unapologetic on Twitter. "When 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 father's dramatic flourish) a passage of an edited Christmas classic, then I figure they are fair game," she wrote. Telnaes initially explained her reason for putting the Cruz children in a cartoon in a post that was published along with it. 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," he wrote. The Post replaced it with a message of explanation from Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt. The cartoon was drawn by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes. ASHINGTON - The Washington Post pulled a cartoon from its site Tuesday that depicted Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's young daughters as monkeys, the New York Times reported Wednesday.Īlthough Cruz, a senator from Texas, angrily denounced the cartoon on Twitter - in a tweet that included the cartoon - he seized on the opportunity to use it in an email that sought to bring in US$1 million in contributions to his political campaign.
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