Tuesday night, reports began to surface that a child in the home of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was being treated for self-inflicted injuries. The family has released a statement saying that the child is okay, and asking for privacy during the teenager’s recovery. The minor child’s name has not been released, only that the person treated was a 14-year-old girl.
One of Cruz’s daughters is 14 and happens to have spoken out on social media earlier this year about being afraid to disclose her sexuality to her father, and about disagreeing with him on most major issues.