Senator Ted Cruz’s daughter’s ‘cringe’ reaction on stage during dad’s victory speech as she blasts ‘don’t clap for that’

A VIDEO of Senator Ted Cruz's teen daughter's cringeworthy absorption to her father's triumph code has gone viral.

During his code connected Tuesday nighttime aft winning reelection successful Texas, Senator Cruz said, "I anticipation and commune that Donald Trump volition beryllium reelected president of the United States.

The assemblage and Ted Cruz's woman Heidi cheer and applaud.

At that point, their girl Caroline, 16, lasting betwixt her parents, visibly grimaces and raises her eyebrows, turning her caput to look astatine her mother.

Wearing a reddish dress, she scrunches up her look and says thing to her mother.

A short clip of the infinitesimal posted connected TikTok connected predetermination nighttime by idiosyncratic @_beingmaddy had been viewed astir 10 cardinal times by Friday morning.

Budding lipreaders claimed that Caroline says "Don't clap for that," to her mother.

Heidi past turns to look astatine Caroline and stops applauding.

A fig of commenters spoke supportively of Caroline's sassy absorption to her father.

"Caroline Cruz. Legend," wrote 1 TikTok user.

"She didn't adjacent effort to fell it," said a second.

"Caroline Cruz is that girl," a 3rd idiosyncratic added.

Another mentation of the clip was shared connected X connected Thursday by anti-Trump relationship @TheTNHoller.

Donald Trump antecedently insulted Ted Cruz's woman publically during his archetypal tally for president successful 2016 erstwhile they were some successful the contention to beryllium the Republican candidate.

Cruz was accused of having galore affairs portion joined to Heidi successful an unsubstantiated nonfiction by the National Enquirer, thing Cruz denied.

He past accused Trump of planting the article.

Trump posted a meme connected Twitter successful effect with an unflattering representation of Heidi Cruz alongside his ain woman Melania Trump.

"A representation is worthy a 1000 words," helium wrote underneath.

Despite that, Cruz went connected to endorse Trump for president and has been a loyal protagonist of his successful the Senate ever since.

He was 1 of the 11 Republican Senators who tried to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 predetermination triumph days earlier the Capitol riot connected January 6, 2021.

Heidi and Ted Cruz person 2 daughters, Caroline, 16, and 13-year-old Catherine.

Caroline antecedently made headlines when, successful 2021, astatine property 13, she made a TikTok saying she disagreed with astir of her father's views.

"A batch of radical justice maine based upon him astatine archetypal glance, but I truly disagree with astir of his views," she said. 

She besides spoke astir the challenges of being the girl of a elder politician.

"Some of the atrocious things are, I virtually person to person information pursuing maine everywhere," she said.

"Like, if I privation to spell connected a locomotion done the neighborhood, similar to my friend's location oregon something, I person to have, like, 2 information guards down maine the full time."

Her TikTok relationship was past acceptable to private.

She besides went viral successful December of that twelvemonth aft she was spotted looking miserable successful the Cruz household Christmas card.

On November 5, Cruz won a 3rd consecutive term, defeating Democratic Rep. and erstwhile NFL prima Colin Alldred.

Polls successful the run-up to predetermination time showed the brace neck-and-neck successful the polls, but successful the end, helium won comparatively comfortably 54% to 43%.

That signifier was replicated astatine the nationalist level, wherever contempt weeks of the polls showing a choky race, Trump ended up defeating Democrat Kamala Harris soundly.

In a stunning governmental comeback, the 78-year-old won his 2nd term, and looks acceptable to expanse each plaything state.