'Alarming'

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

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

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. The two ads feature a picture of the girls at a track meet along with text saying his Democrat opponent, Rep. Colin Allred, “voted to allow boys in girls’ sports.” “It is alarming that your campaign would have produced/distributed/promoted this ad with false information, especially with minor children involved,” the school district wrote in a letter to the Cruz campaign. The Beaverton School District told the Houston Chronicle that it hasn’t received a response from the Cruz camp—a spokesperson for the senator told the newspaper that the ads, which ran during NFL games, aren’t on the air any more (they’re still on YouTube).