article_snippet.sent: Cedar Falls, Iowa (CNN)As aides politely tried to rush Ted Cruz from an event in Cedar Falls to one in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, the presidential candidate continued shaking hands with anyone who wanted to meet the presidential candidate.
article_snippet.sent: Finally, after the selfies and conversations started to die down, the presidential candidate aides managed to move the presidential candidate closer to the door when a tall, burly man stopped the presidential candidate.
article_snippet.sent: Senator," Senator said, "can I pray with you real quick?"
article_snippet.sent: Yeah," Ted Cruz said, as the presidential candidate clasped the man's upper arm and the two bowed their heads.
article_snippet.sent: the senator from Texas regularly avoids using a podium, instead favoring pacing stage with a wireless microphone, a scene reminiscent of a Sunday morning sermon.
article_snippet.sent: When the senator from Texas meets with people after events, the senator from Texas embraces each one's hand with both of the senator from Texas, softens the senator from Texas usually theatric tone and looks people square in the eye --