Might it have been better to explain why it was so offensive?
Technically, monkeys.
Monkeys have tails. Apes do not.
...And yes, the Washington Post cartoonist actually portrayed a Hispanic GOP candidate's kids as [STRIKE]apes[/STRIKE] monkeys:
We all knew it, but conservatives are fair game. There is no such thing as "offensive" because the very existence of conservatives is offensive to the left.