Sen. Ted Cruz at AFP Freedom Summit

while I am thrilled to be with each of you today thank you for that incredibly incredibly warm welcome you

know my wife Heidi and me we are blessed I have two little girls at home Caroline and Catherine Caroline's

five Catherine is three I do indeed now for every one of you are a parent you know god makes every child very

very different well Catherine is the essence of sweetness she is just a sweet sweet

sweet little girl Caroline is a rascal so last fall Heidi had both girls up in DC one weekend was a beautiful fall day asked and

after that we decided to drive down to Mount Vernon show the girls mount for we're driving down the George Washington parkway trees

are turning their red and orange and yellow we're Drivin down Caroline sat behind me in her car seat kick

in the back of my seat like she always does Kathryn sitting over on the other side and Caroline asked her little sister she

says Catherine what do you want to do when you grow up and Kathryn says I will to work in the U. S. I want to work with Daddy and

Caroline says ohh that's boring we're going to be rock stars instead and then she tosses out the zinger he

says besides Daddy will be dead by then nnj

maybe Caroline had been speaking with Republican leadership dnmt nnj

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even more importantly you are the leadership nnj and I'll tell you somethin there

leaving here to run to the airport to get on an airplane when I get off of the airplane I'm going to a princess sleepover

party dnmt now last week Caroline told me she said Daddy you're

not invited because you're not a girl and I said sweetheart if it is in my house dnmt

Daddy is always invite dnmt and she proceeded to put her hands on her hips just

say fine then we're going to play attack the Daddy nnj so

it just a few hours I'm going to walk into my home to be greeted by eleven six

year old girls dressed as Disney princess is trying to tackle me so let me ask

for your fervent prayers that I might see tomorrow morning you know I am thrilled to be back here to be back so

many friends and I'm thrilled I just encourage you y'all are here because there is a sense of urgency

to what's happening in this country you all are here because you understand this is not an ordinary time in politics the

threats were facing are extraordinary must common thing I hear traveling the country is men and women come up to me they put their hand on my shoulder they look me in the eyes they say Ted scare