The crowd erupted into applause. Everyone was pumped – well, almost everyone. Among the enthusiastic fans was one lone wolf, a teenager who didn’t get the memo to clap and cheer: Cruz’s 16-year-old daughter, Caroline Cruz.
As her father lavished praise on the former president, Caroline, who was standing beside her mom, leaned over and allegedly whispered: “Don’t clap for that.”
@_beingmaddy 💙 #dontclapforthat ♬ original sound – _beingmaddy
Social media did what it does best, immediately picking up on her grimace and running with it. TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram came alive with the now-viral moment, as viewers declared, “The ‘don’t clap for that’ is so valid,” and “She’s an icon for that”
If you want to see the hilarious moment in the video, take a look around the 1.00 timestamp.
Ted Cruz’s Daughter: A Rebellious Teen?
This is not Caroline’s first public display of subtle defiance. In 2022, she was already hinting at her political disagreements with Ted Cruz on TikTok, saying she “really disagrees with most of his views,” a statement that mysteriously vanished from her account but not from our hearts. The internet remembers.
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As Caroline’s reaction swept across social media, comments flooded in celebrating her unfiltered reaction. After all, it’s not every day you see a high-profile politician’s teenager openly rebelling against clapping.
One commenter summarized it best, saying, “This kid is the voice of a generation.”
Ted Cruz has two daughters: Caroline and Catherine. Caroline is the older of the two. Could she be the black sheep in her family? Time will tell.
