Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP MORE (R) on Thursday at a campaign rally was confronted by the mother of a student who was killed in a shooting at a Santa Fe, Texas, high school earlier this year.

While delivering remarks in an Italian restaurant in Webster, Texas, the Republican senator was confronted by heated words from a woman identified as Rhonda Hart, the mother of a girl killed in the June shooting.

"Don't disrespect my daughter. My daughter died. My daughter died,” Hart shouted at the senator while standing on a chair in the crowded room.

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While some attendees reacted harshly to Hart’s words, Cruz offered his condolences to the mother.

"You still have not introduced common-sense reform," Hart continued to yell at Cruz.

Hart later told a local ABC affiliate she came to the event with the intention to confront the Texas Republican.

"I wanted to be able to call him out. His inaction regarding the children of Santa Fe. Children died under his watch and he accepts money from the NRA. There is still not any sort of common-sense reform," she told the local station, referring to the National Rifle Association.

Cruz went on to address school security at the rally.

"I think the number one thing that makes schools safer is to have more armed police officers on campus to keep schools safe," Cruz told cheering supporters.

The rally on Thursday night was reportedly the 22nd rally held by the senator in the past three weeks as he presses forward in a tough reelection campaign against Rep. Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeJimmy Carter says his son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof O'Rourke endorses Kennedy for Senate: 'A champion for the values we're most proud of' 2020 Democrats do convention Zoom call MORE (D-Texas).

Though Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in decades, a number of polls have pointed to a narrowing margin between both candidates.

A recent Reuters–Ipsos–University of Virginia Center for Politics poll released on Wednesday found that O'Rourke holds a 2-point lead over the incumbent Republican.

On Friday, election handicapper Cook Political Report moved the race from “leans Republican” to “toss-up.”