[ETL]

This could backfire big on Cruz after his "New York Values" sneer.

Trump was the one who, in his mid-50s, said he supported all forms of abortion, thereby including partial birth. And in 2013 he praised New York City's communist mayor Bill Di Blasio, and expressed support for gays in the military.

[ETL]

Clarification: Trump’s support for gays in the military was in 2009, not 2013. In any case, he was in his mid-50s in 2009.

[grey_whiskers]

Yes, that's true. But Cruz is the one from Texas, who bragged about what he had done as Solicitor General or whatever it's called.

Optics.

People are supporting Trump to stop PC madness, to stop amnesty, to restore America's military and economic standing, not because they want a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.

He's the GOP-e's dream candidate and they still don't like him.