Cruz is also cowed by political correctness. Otherwise, he would have been out front in calling for building a border fence and deporting illegal aliens. He didn't because he feared the "racist" charge. A leader cannot let his enemies define him.
They tried to hang the racist label on Trump for his boldness in calling for building the wall. He defeated them by basically saying "screw you!". And he survived.
Reminds me of another leader who defeated the pc crowd by telling Gorbachev to TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!
It isn’t just in fighting terrorism and wars that are affected by political correctness. The majority of American are opposed to gay marriage but look what happens when a baker doesn’t yield to the pc gods. They lose their business and there is no one willing to stand up and say THIS IS WRONG AND WE WON”T STAND FOR IT! Christians and Christianity will be the first and most severely affected by political correctness if nothing is done to defeat it. Again, Trump has proven we can defeat it but we need to stay together.