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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the 2021 Young Latino Leadership Summit in Phoenix, Arizona.
At least one sponsor joins Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast verdict Recently, it was revealed that advertising money spent on the show went to a super PAC working to re-elect the Texas Republican Party, and attitudes have cooled.
BP America reported. dallas morning news I didn't know that the ad revenue from the podcast was benefiting Truth and Courage PAC, a political group whose main goal is to secure Mr. Cruz's re-election to the U.S. Senate. The energy company said it has since stopped buying advertising space on the show.
Cruz's campaign has repeatedly said the senator is not paid to host a podcast distributed by San Antonio-based iHeartMedia. But the media conglomerate has donated $630,000 to Truth and Courage since it began broadcasting the show three times a week in 2022, according to campaign finance reports.
A spokesperson for BP America, based in Cruz's hometown of Houston, said: “We were not informed that the media spending would go directly to the super PAC.” morning news. “We have directed iHeart to remove messages from any podcast that directs ad revenue to campaigns, PACs, or political parties.”
Some of the advertisers on Mr. Cruise's podcast are brands that reflect his “anti-woke” message (Patriot Mobile, for example); morning news Other companies that paid for Spot may not like the attention Spot receives, the report said.other advertisers verdict Includes consumer brands such as Safeway, Consumer Cellular, and Uber Eat.
A recent exchange with a reporter from Houston television station KTRK suggested that Mr. Cruz was not keen on discussing the iHeartMedia deal. The senator praised one of the ABC affiliate reporters for daring to bring this up.
“You know, it's really sad what happened to the media, which now seems to exist to parrot the attacks of left-wing Democrats,” Cruz raged during an on-screen interview. did. “The group that brought in that complaint was-”
When the reporter tried to ask Cruz another question, he cut her off.
“The group that brought that attack was a left-wing Democratic attack group. By the way, you know what I didn't mention in your question?” Cruz asked. “The fact that they filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee raising the same issue. Do you know what the Senate Ethics Committee did? They threw it out. They said there was no legal basis. said.”
The senator's own campaign says the 2022 complaint Cruz was referring to centered on the podcast distribution contract itself, KTRK reported. The investigation did not examine financial contributions made by iHeartMedia to super PACs, the agency said.
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