Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was mercilessly mocked Wednesday for an embarrassing slip up in which he declared, “Let’s stop attacking pedophiles” during a hearing about crime in Democrat-run cities .

The firebrand conservative was giving an impassioned speech about a “bipartisan agreement” to make Democrat-run cities safer Tuesday when he stumbled over his words.

“How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop murders,’” Cruz, 54, urged at the Senate hearing. “How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop rape.’ How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.”

Cruz didn’t stop to correct himself and quickly switched to praising President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

Ted Cruz was mocked Wednesday for an embarrassing s

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