You're right, it doesn't where Cruz is concerned. Blaming a fellow Republican for leftest mob rule is about the most classless act I can think of. And he is not held accountable by any Cruz bot in this forum.
Conversely....the refusal by Trump supporters to hold Trump responsible for anything that he says, no matter how reckless, how vulgar and how inappropriately in bad taste...not to mention un-presidential....
literally reeks of the same type of idol-worship that got us Obama. And you see how well that bit of stupidity turned out.