I listened to it several times, it's exactly what he did.
He had a golden opportunity to unite against the totalitarian left, and instead he said it came from the top of the Trump campaign. It was a classic blunder, something given him from the Romney/Bush/GOPE handlers.
You lie as much as that candidate you support. Is it caught virally?
I was watching cnn that night of the Chicago riots and it was actually Neil Bush they had on and a few minutes later Cruz came out and did an interview. I had been a Cruz supporter up til then. My heart sank when this happened. I was in a sort of denial when I had heard Ted joined the GOP ranks.