Some AP photo editor thought it clever to publish a photo of Ted Cruz with a gun pointing at his head

Twitter lights up over photo of Ted Cruz as target http://t.co/VJM8QrcOKi via @HCTrudo | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/sC683lyJ9j

— POLITICO (@politico) June 22, 2015

Some AP photo editor thought it clever to publish a photo of Ted Cruz with a gun pointing at his head: http://t.co/RDVjKHxPVj @powerlineus

— John Hinderaker (@jhinderaker) June 22, 2015

Would the '#DoucheNozzle' AP ever dare run a photo like this if it were a Democrat? Hint: Heck no! http://t.co/1ZHk39EBNJ

— TwitchyTeam (@TwitchyTeam) June 22, 2015

.@ThePoliticalHat @redsteeze @AP @tedcruz We get 8 years of Obama halos, and this is what ProgMedia does to Cruz. pic.twitter.com/qK9yTLdiDA

— John Rivers (@JohnRiversToo) June 22, 2015

Meet Paul Colford (@PDColford_AP) media relations for AP who says there was no bad intent to the photo of Cruz w/ gun pic.twitter.com/tNn5fLPtHI

— THE SCB (@PTD11) June 22, 2015