Did Cancun Cruz use campaign money to buy his own book

[malaise]

Asking for a friend!

[Dream Girl]

1. Sounds about right.

[malaise]

3. Yep

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/18/ted-cruz-campaign-may-have-spent-150000-on-copies-of-his-book

[BlueLucy]

2. He would not be t he only one...

as we know.

[panader0]

4. Ted Cruz's constituents don't read books.

Buying his own book is nothing new for republican authors. You'd think they'd have learned by now.

[Faux pas]

5. It

Was a meme on facebook. It wouldn't surprise me because he's such a slug.

[malaise]

6. It's in the Guardian as well

[Faux pas]

12. Lol

that's great! Elevates it from a meme.

[malaise]

7. It's in the Guardian as well

[Progressive Jones]

8. Common practice with RW books. Bulk sales to RW orgs. boost the numbers. nt

[demtenjeep]

9. total sleezebag

always has been always will be



even his own fucking kids hate him

[BlueTsunami2018]

10. Does it even matter?

Nothing is ever going to be done about it. Nothing is going to be done about anything those assholes do.

I’m just tired.

[Vinca]

11. If he did, profits from the book would have wound up in Cruz's personal bank account.

Sounds like fraud on top of campaign finance violation. Wouldn't surprise me in the least.