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Watch: Latest Attack Ad Teases Ted Cruz ‘Trying to Be Funny’

By Jerel Flint
Posted October 31, 2018 at 9:33pm

By Jerel Flint

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Sen. Ted Cruz’s re-election campaign was targeted again this week. The Fire Ted Cruz PAC released their third ad in a series directed by Oscar-nominated Richard Linklater and starring actor Sonny Carl Davis. The video released Wednesday mocks Ted Cruz’s attempts to be funny in a campaign ad where Cruz eats bacon off of a machine gun.

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