They’re minors and he used their pictures without their parents’ permission, seemingly calling them “boys in girls’ sports.”

Republican Ted Cruz’s desperate search for trans targets in a hateful series of anti-trans attack ads directed at his Democratic opponent Colin Allred has landed the two-term Texas senator in hot water with the parents of two cisgender girls and their high school.

The teens appear in at least two fear-mongering ads attacking both the trans community and Allred, picturing them alongside former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and CeCé Telfer, a Jamaican-born sprinter and the first out trans woman to win an NCAA title.

  • SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net
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    5 days ago

    Not an ounce of athleticism in Ted Cruz’s body.

    Which isn’t a disqualifier for his position. But since it’s Ted fucking Cruz we’re talking about, it’s fair game. He might be the only person on the planet who looks less intimidating with a beard.

    Maybe he should stay in his fucking lane. Hope you Texans can help him figure that out in ten days.