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Cruz was doing what the rest of conservatives in Congress were doing only more so and more energetically.

Conservatives were focused on social issues, the budget, Obamacare, and Cruz was with them when who knows where Trump was.

Now what voters are focused on has changed. Cruz looks bad and Trump looks good to a lot of conservatives.

But that shouldn't change the fact that Cruz was with the conservatives when Trump was hanging out with the Clintons.

PS, I never much liked Ted Cruz. I just don't like seeing people get a raw deal.

[Fantasywriter]

The thing that rubs people wrong with Cruz is sincerity. To give you one example: Cruz campaigned prominently on being the Evangelical candidate. Later he admitted that he and his wife give zero to their home church. But what really galled was the fact that Cruz lied about the reason he gives nothing.

Judging a person for stiffing their local church is not good. Taking issue with a wholesale lie about WHY that person doesn’t give is legitimate.

The point being, if Cruz were consistently all that he’s claimed, or even most of what he’s claimed, you’d see a lot more respect for him. Instead, former supporters (such as myself) are feeling played, and rightly so.