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Ted Cruz's Super PAC is an Amplify Relations client

Brian Badera · EP 329: It Costs $500k To Call Everyone in Florida, He's Behind Ted Cruz · Jun 18, 2016 · at 6:45

Brian Badera, founding partner at Amplify Relations, discusses the political campaign clients utilizing the agency's automated telecom and robocall services.

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“Ted Cruz's super PAC is actually a client. So we're doing some of that work.”

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