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Brett Kappel speaks on the growing campaign finance issues surrounding Senator Ted Cruz in a recent Dallas Morning News article
The article titled “Ad Money from Sen. Ted Cruz Podcast Flows to Super PAC Focused on his Reelection” was published by The Dallas Morning News. After learning that the ad revenue generated from Cruz’s podcast was being directed towards a super PAC dedicated to his reelection campaign, BP America Inc. made the decision to remove its messaging from the platform. The revenue generated through the ads on the podcast has totaled more than $630,000. This situation has the potential to garner attention from the Federal Election Commission, and Brett states “It kind of strains credulity that this is an arm’s length agreement in which Sen. Cruz has no personal involvement.” The article goes on to state that this decision by BP could potentially have long-term implications with other advertisers who could also decide to pull their advertisements.