Politics

School Asks Ted Cruz to Stop Using Image of Girls in Trans Attack Ads Without Permission

'Alarming'

“It is alarming that your campaign would have produced/distributed/promoted this ad,” the school district wrote to Ted Cruz.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) departs the Senate floor, wearing gym clothes in 2022.
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An Oregon school district asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to pull two attack ads about transgender athletes because his campaign used an image of two underage girls—who aren’t transgender—without permission from their family.

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