Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, winds up his exploratory presidential campaign weekend in New York tonight - on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The appearance, which was not announced by his political staff, concludes a whirlwind trip to South Carolina and New Hampshire.
On Saturday afternoon, Cruz started with a speech at the South Carolina National Security Action Summit, followed by a hop to the Granite State Sunday for the “Strafford County Republican Committee Chili and Chat with Sen. Cruz.” Then it was the Grafton County Lincoln Day Dinner and this morning’s "Politics and Eggs" breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College.
It was at the Strafford County event where Cruz provided Meyers with some material by frightening a three year old girl with his fiery rhetoric.
“The whole world is on fire,” Cruz said, prompting the concerned youngster, who was sitting on her mother’s lap, to ask, “The world is on fire?”
Cruz, who was talking about foreign policy, repeated the phrase but moved to reassure her by saying, “But you know what, your mommy’s here and everyone’s here to make sure that the world you grow up in is even better.”
The Late Night show is taped at 6:30 pm EDT before a live audience and airs at 12:35 a.m.