Ted Cruz to 3-year-old: 'Your world is on fire'

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) may want to rethink his pitch to young Americans.

In a stump speech Sunday in New Hampshire, the freshman senator and potential 2016 candidate warned the crowd that as a result of President Obama's foreign policy, "the whole world is on fire."

"The whole world is on fire?" a confused, and possibly frightened, three-year-old girl asked.

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"The world is on fire, yes! Your whole world is on fire," Cruz responded, before adding that the girl's mother would ensure "the world you grow up in is even better." —Jon Terbush

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.