Ted Cruz Assures New Hampshire Child That the World Is on Fire

Great moments in campaigning around children.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks during the 2015 Alfred K. Whitehead Legislative Conference and Presidential Forum March 10, 2015 in Washington, DC.

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When he visited New Hampshire last week, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham had a pre-fab apology ready in case he skimped on future campaign stops. "The world's in flames," he kept saying.

On his own New Hampshire trip, Texas Senator Ted Cruz went on a similar rhetorical journey. "The Obama economy is a disaster. Obamacare is a train wreck. And the Obama-Clinton foreign policy of leading from behind—the whole world's on fire!"