Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) 16-year-old daughter Caroline appears nowhere near as thrilled as her father about President-elect Donald Trump winning the 2024 election.
A video shows the senator—who secured his own re-election with 53% of the vote over Democratic challenger Colin Allred—celebrating Tuesday's win alongside his family.
"And I believe and I hope and pray that Donald Trump will be re-elected as President of the United States," Cruz said during his victory speech.
The video has since gone viral, as it shows his daughter grimacing and telling her mother "don't clap for that" after Cruz spoke.
Ted Cruz’s daughter grimaces, says ‘don’t clap for that’ during dad’s victory speech mentioning Trump https://t.co/thS8uujl0e pic.twitter.com/ZK6rgMTV0z
— azfamily 3TV CBS 5 (@azfamily) November 7, 2024
Trump has frequently sparred with Cruz, accusing the senator's father of being in cahoots with JFK's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, and mocking his wife's appearance.
"A picture is worth a thousand words," Trump jabbed in 2016 with a side-by-side comparison of Heidi Cruz and his wife, Melania Trump. (Some critics also accused Trump of mocking Heidi Cruz for receiving treatment for depression in the same post, though such intent is not fully clear.)
Cruz ran against Trump in 2016, sparring with the former president until the very end. But after losing the primary—and despite harsh vitriol toward him—Cruz soon became one of Trump's most ardent defenders.
Caroline Cruz's reaction is making waves on social media, with one X user joking that she needs to collaborate with Kellyanne Conway's anti-Trump daughter.
"someone get caroline cruz and claudia conway on a podcast together," they joked.
"Wow her dad has no spine but she does wow," commended one Democratic user.
"His daughter obviously has more dignity than he does," echoed another person.
Quipped someone else: "She might actually break the generational curse."
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