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Ted Cruz: It happened that one of the actresses, who was there, had a more colorful film history than we were aware. We had a…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2016
It happened that one of the actresses, who was there, had a more colorful film history than we were aware. We had a casting call. She came and auditioned and we did not realize her film history when we did. We decided prudence dictated pulling the ads so we did.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Ted Cruz explains the decision to pull an advertisement due to an actress's unexpected film history.

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