'I would not presume to intrude in the elegance with which the people of Wisconsin wear those hats,' Cruz said

Ted Cruz will do a lot of things to win the Wisconsin primary, but one thing he will not do is don a cheesehead.

The Republican presidential candidate recoiled from his seven-year-old daughter Caroline on Monday, when she playfully tried to place a cheesehead hat on his head during a tour of the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He then smoothed down his hair before turning to reporters to tell them he had a rule against 'funny hats' in politics.

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Ted Cruz's daughter Caroline, age seven, tried to put a cheesehead hat on her dad's head during a campaign stop in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Monday

Cruz quickly stopped his daughter from placing the foam hat on his head, saying he had a rule against 'funny hats' in politics

The room burst out laughing when Cruz took the hat off and placed it back on Caroline's head

'There is an ironclad rule of politics: No funny hats. And any hat is by definition defined as a funny hat,' he said.

'Michael Dukakis illustrated that powerfully when he put on a helmet and road in a tank,' he continued.

Cruz then tried to turn his refusal to wear a cheesehead into a compliment to the Wisconsin people.

'The people of Wisconsin wear their cheeseheads so powerfully that I would not presume to intrude in the elegance with which the people of Wisconsin wear those hats,' Cruz said.

When another reporter piped up and asked, 'What about courageous conservatives?' Cruz responded, 'Not that courageous'.

Cruz said on Monday: 'There is an ironclad rule of politics: No funny hats. And any hat is by definition defined as a funny hat

He continued: 'Michael Dukakis illustrated that powerfully when he put on a helmet and road in a tank,' he continued'

After placing the foam cheeshead back on his daughter's head, Cruz smoothed out his hair

Cruz then gave an awkward smile to the cameras before explaining his reasoning for staying away from hats

While not a fan of cheese apparel, Cruz maintained that he loved the food.

'I love cheese … I’ve never had a bad cheese,' he said. 'To be honest, I like cheese on cheese. I mean, you can’t go wrong with it.'

During his tour of the cheese factory, Cruz and his family sampled several different types of cheese, and he professed that his favorite was an 11-year-old cheddar.

Leaving no dairy product untouched, the Cruz family also tried some ice cream, with Cruz spoon-feeding his wife some of the desert.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Utah Senator Mike Lee also joined the Cruz family for the tour.

Cruz, his daughter Caroline and wife Heidi took a tour of the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha on Monday

During their tour, the Cruz family sampled cheese, cheese curds and even some ice cream

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's campaign bus is seen at a campaign event at the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, April 4, 2016

This isn't the first time that Cruz and his oldest daughter have made headlines for their awkward father-daughter relationship.

In January, before the Iowa caucuses, photographers caught the moment that Caroline pushed her dad away when he tried to give her a kiss.

'Ow, ow, ow,' Caroline said, as she flicked her dad away when he insisted on a smooch.

And at another campaign event, Caroline sneaked up behind her dad to give him bunny ears.

As of Tuesday morning, Cruz was leading Donald Trump by six percentage points.

Cruz and his daughter made headlines in January too, when she flicked him for trying to give her a kiss during a campaign stop in Iowa