'Don't clap': Ted Cruz’s daughter 'spotted grimacing' over lavish Trump praise

When the Associated Press (AP) called Texas' 2024 U.S. Senate race for incumbent GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, he was ahead of Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) by 9 percent.

Cruz, once a scathing critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is now an ardent supporter. But the senator's 16-year-old daughter, Caroline Cruz, according to the Independent in the U.K., was "spotted grimacing" in response to some of his lavish praise of Trump.

At an event in Houston, the daughter told her mom "Don't clap for that."

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The Independent's James Liddell reports, "Cruz took to the stage in Houston to address supporters as he celebrated his third term in the Senate after defeating Democratic challenger Colin Allred with 53 percent of the vote, after the former NFL linebacker hoped to flip the seat for the first time since 1994."

Liddell adds, "Surrounded by his campaign team and loved ones, the Senator made a segue to spur on Trump — prior to the president-elect garnering the all-important 270 Electoral College votes on Wednesday morning — drawing a round of applause."

During his Election Night speech in Houston, Cruz told attendees, "It also looks very likely that we're going to have a Republican Senate next year. I believe, and I hope and pray, that Donald Trump will be elected president of the United States."

Republicans flipped the U.S. Senate. And Trump, voted out of office in 2020, enjoyed a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Night. In addition to winning the electoral vote, Trump appeared to win the popular vote — unlike 2016 and 2020.

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