Far be it from me to question your motives but isn’t it just a teeny bit possible that your present stand on this issue (as I assume a Trump backer) is pretty self serving.
And that you might not be quite so adamant in your opinion if the situation was reversed.
I’ve had a bias towards Trump too, but it was based on hunch. Who is going to be the strong horse (and still in some way acceptable).
Now it looks like a potential political synergy is presenting itself. It is one Cruz decision away from a yeehaw that would look like the Reagan sweep of America, IMHO. Trump is blessedly still open to suggestion; he isn’t arbitrarily knocking heads on every policy from A to Z.
He could very easily explain it. Some die hards may be disappointed, but the patient Cruz probably can win them back.
If it wasn't for this issue, I'd find Cruz to be awesome. I do have my doubts, but those I have for all candidates, including Trump.
I think Cruz knows he isn't qualified, and is trying to bluff his way through, with the same complicity the elites used to allow Obama to usurp the office. That too has been allowed to fester for too long, but the people are asleep. Maybe Cruz's conduct is a "white lie," I don't know, and won't know until events play out. Right now it is a big lie, in my mind, and that causes me to think he has a deep character flaw.
This isn't a "partisan" issue or question. I see it as embracing some fundamental aspects of fidelity to law and truth, openness and candor, and good faith dealing with a gullible public.
Even the names seem symbolic. Cruz is cross; the suffering servant. Trump is like trumpet; it announces and proclaims.
Trump doesn’t need to be highly pious for this to work; in fact Cruz could be a very good influence on him vis a vis faith.
Do it, Ted. Throw your support to Trump; you can very easily explain why.