As Twitchy reported, Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes proudly touted her depiction of Ted Cruz’s two young daughters as his trained monkeys. Cruz rightly took Telnaes to task over it.

But here’s how Politico’s framing the story:

.@TedCruz lashes out at Washington Post cartoonist for drawing his daughters https://t.co/Ev7oln4at3 | Getty pic.twitter.com/CZY0qYll7K — POLITICO (@politico) December 22, 2015

“Lashes out”?

It's not the racist white cartoonist see, it's the lashing out by Ted Cruz. — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 22, 2015

That makes Cruz look like the bad guy. Not only that, but Telnaes isn’t just guilty of “drawing his daughters”; she drew them as trained monkeys and called them “political props.”

Politico story on the cartoon doesn't even come out and say the kids are portrayed as monkeys. Unreal. https://t.co/oPiIsiVvG2 — Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 23, 2015

See for yourselves:

The Texas senator was responding to a cartoon from Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes that said “Ted Cruz uses his kids as political props.” The cartoon portrayed Cruz in a Santa outfit and cowboy boots cranking a box to make two Christmas-clad monkeys dance.

Those “Christmas-clad monkeys” are meant to depict his daughters, Politico. Quit with the mental gymnastics and tell the damn truth!

As monkeys. Don't leave out what would no doubt be considered CENTRAL if they were Dem daughters. https://t.co/gRHHLL9noZ — Renna (@RennaW) December 22, 2015

@politico @tedcruz Not because they were drawn, but because they were drawn as monkeys. Try that with Obama's girls and see if it works. — Coach Crash (I-TX) (@Coach_Crash) December 22, 2015

@politico @tedcruz So why is Ted Cruz's response the story when racist cartoonist depicts his children as monkeys? — Brian Reilly (@reilly19_reilly) December 23, 2015

@politico @tedcruz Really? Headline trying to make Cruz look like the bad guy? They drew his children as monkeys, you slimeballs. — Killmaven (@Killmaven) December 22, 2015

.@politico You mean @TedCruz lashes out at Washington Post cartoonist for drawing his daughters like monkeys. — Lenny Barber (@LennyOnDaBass) December 22, 2015

@politico @tedcruz As monkeys. Finish the damn sentence you vile bafoons — Benjamin Williams (@NCBenWilliams) December 22, 2015

@politico You spelled portraying his daughters as monkeys wrong. @tedcruz — JaSchrein (@jaschrein) December 22, 2015

WaPo didn’t draw his daughters, @Politico assholes, they drew crude caricatures of them. https://t.co/sWB5XrdFF7 — Starz and Strypz (@StarzandStrypz) December 22, 2015

https://twitter.com/metro_hobbit/status/679447214263959552

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