Cruz had better get used to being snubbed. Look to the Republicans to run a strong Mexican-American conservative against him in the Texas primary.
There are plenty of good, solid Tex-Mex people who are social conservatives with work ethics and small business bonafides. A LOT of vets too, which for all his posturing with guns, tofu bellied Felito isn’t, won’t be, and is just another neocon chickenhawk in an over packed coop.