Ted Cruz's campaign used a picture of two cisgendered high school girls in an anti-trans attack ad aimed at his Democrat challenger, despite neither asking for permission nor confirming whether the girls were transgender, according to a report.
The ad featured prominent transgender athletes, including former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, and bashed Cruz's Democratic opponent, Colin Allred, for voting to allow transgender athletes to share locker rooms and compete in sports, claiming "our girls are being left in the dust and robbed of their right to compete fairly," according to the ad.
