Story highlights Ted Cruz personally took on Donald Trump supporters in Indiana

The Texas senator spent seven minutes talking to them

Marion, Indiana (CNN) It was democracy in action Monday afternoon when Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz crossed the street following a retail stop to address a handful of protesters wielding Donald Trump signs shouting "Lyin' Ted" as he greeted voters.

The lawyer-turned-senator walked over to the group across from The Mill Restaurant in Marion, Indiana, and personally debated one of the protesters, a middle-aged man in a hooded sweatshirt with a red goatee.

"I personally ask you to reconsider your position to keep running. You've been mathematically eliminated, you're not gonna be able to seal the nomination," the man, who would not identify himself, said to Cruz.

Cruz went toe-to-toe with the man for about seven minutes -- one of the longest confrontations he's had on the campaign trail with a single voter -- as a crowd of supporters, reporters and a few protesters gathered around. The senator asked the man to name one thing that he liked about Trump.

When the man named "the wall," Cruz said: "Hold on. He told the New York Times editorial board he's not going to build the wall or deport anyone."

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