Calling widget methods by using getElement throws error

[igMPeterson]

if you use the getElement method as described here it throws the following error:
https://github.com/IgniteUI/igniteui-react#example-5

VM2005:1 Uncaught TypeError: $.ig.react.core.getElement(...).igTextEditor is not a function
at :1:37

Note if you wrap it in jQuery like the following it works:

$($.ig.react.core.getElement(editor2)).igTextEditor("value")