Ted Cruz

They knocked on the door, tried to give the child back to her.

She wouldn't take him.

She closed the door and said, no, I won't take him.

And so, look, the purpose of that story is not actually factual journalism.

It is entirely about telling a story to pull on people's heartstrings and to cause suburban journalism.

Voters who are not paying close attention to say, oh, this has gone too far.

If they're shooting moms and nurses and arresting little kids, clearly it's gone too far.

This is a political campaign.

And tragically, it's a political campaign that is costing people's lives.

But because, look, the political campaign is having some real effect.

It is having effect.

We saw, you know, John Kasich, speaking of suburban women,

We saw John Kasich put out a whole video saying, you know, oh, oh, I'm just I'm hurting so much.

We must stop.

We must stop arresting illegals.

You know, unfortunately, that's the target audience.

And and and in the world of politics, we've got to realize that we've got to confront the bad stories with stories that are compelling.

And it's where tone matters.

And I would encourage look, the administration is doing a fantastic job securing the border.

Illegal crossings have dropped 99 percent.