A video showing the senator went viral Ted Cruz16-year-old daughter Caroline visibly grimaces when her father mentions the president-elect Donald Trump.

“I hope and pray that Donald Trump will be re-elected as president of the United States,” Cruz said in his victory speech Tuesday night after being re-elected in Texas. The crowd and Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz, applauded.

Caroline is seen grimacing, tilting her head, raising her eyebrows, looking side to side, turning her head towards her mother, Heidi, and saying, “Don’t clap for this,” according to those who watched the video. Heidi Cruz then looks at Caroline and stops clapping.

The video was: sent Open tiktok It was viewed by user @_beingmaddy on election night and had been viewed 9.7 million times as of Friday morning.

If another version sent A post on Thursday by @TheTNHoller on X, one of the accounts frequently criticizing Trump, was viewed 1.8 million times as of Friday morning.

news week He contacted Cruz’s office via email for comment.

Many of the comments on the video praised Caroline, writing: “Caroline Cruz is the girl”, “OMG she’s a badass I love this for her” and “‘Clap back for this’ is very valid.”

When Trump first ran for president in 2016, he publicly insulted Heidi Cruz several times while she and Ted Cruz were running for president. Republican candidacy.

During the campaign, National Researcher He published a false article accusing Cruz of multiple affairs while he was married to Heidi. At the time, Cruz accused Trump of planting the article and denied the allegations.

In response, Trump released a message. breast Open excitement He shows a flattering photo of his wife next to an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz Melania Trump. “A picture is worth a thousand words,” Trump wrote.

In 2024, during Trump’s hush money trial in New York, then-publicist Researcher David Peker He stated that he had reached an agreement With Trump’s campaign to place false, damaging articles about Cruz. Researcher also published a story falsely linking Ted Cruz’s father to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Cruz continued to support Trump and became one of his staunchest supporters. Senate. he was One of 11 Republican Senators Who announced plans to try and overthrow Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 election, days before the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

In late 2021, 13-year-old Caroline I made a TikTok here he said that he disagreed with many of his father’s views. The TikTok account was later set to private.