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Cruz Pulls Ad Featuring a Porn Star

February 11, 2016 at 9:03 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments

Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign has pulled its most recent ad, “Conservatives Anonymous,” after learning one of the actresses in the spot is also a softcore porn star, BuzzFeed reports.

“The ad, which was set at a group therapy session of conservative voters who feel betrayed by Marco Rubio on immigration, featured actress Amy Lindsay, who played a woman telling another group member, ‘maybe you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time.'”

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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