I was right there where you were in regards to Cruz. My last straw was when he and Rubio took Ben Shapiros advice to “machine gun” Trump at the next debate. Their smug handshake afterwards blew my top at I wrote off Ted for good.
He really took things far too personally and showed me he was not up for that job.
We here at FR have been longing for a fighter as long as I’ve been here. Trump more than filled those shoes
I agree with you about that Rubio/Cruz tag teaming against Trump was the last straw. Part of my discomfort was that the two candidates with questionable native born American citizenship were ganging up on the most patriotic American original candidate imaginable.
In the Senate I would not trade Cruz for anyone else and would like to see him replace our current Democrat Senate Majority Leader. But I would not like to see him in the Presidency. When the Left is all exiled or in prison Cruz would make an excellent President.
Same here. I was for Cruz all the way, as I really believed in his commitment to conservatism. But, then, he disappointed me with some of his actions and some of his statements.
Couldn’t stand Trump. But I began to listen to what he was saying about the border and about trade deals. I remember saying that if he did even half of what he was promising that he would accomplish a great deal for this nation.
I consider myself a social conservative. Trump is not one. But I truly believe that he means it when he says “Make America great again”, and I believe that he loves this country and will do what is best for America. I believe he will do what he can to protect our sovereignty, and if we don’t have sovereignty, we don’t have a country. So I can live with Trump’s lack of conservative values in some areas.
Rough around the edges, willing to fight the fight and punch back. A hatchet man. It was going to take a street fighter to be able to function in the corrupt, criminal political swamp of DC. No one else comes close to filling the bill for who we need as president right now. A real leader.
Cruz eventually showed his true colors and confirmed my impression of him as a little slimy snake himself, when he refused to endorse the GOP nominee, Trump, at the convention. Showed no class at all and turned me off of him in the future. Not a stand-up guy.