I mean a moral blind spot.
He could have been hoping to tunnel through with the trend that Obama opened.
This gets to issues of philosophy and strategy. In philosophy it’s bad to try to ride along with the rule of men. That’s fickle at best and makes you a bad example. In strategy he might have misunderestimated the skulduggery of Democrats.
In his very faith, however, he also has the basis to correct the blind spot. It would be a different matter than encountering it in a rank unbeliever. Cruz has someone to repent to. A rank unbeliever, while remaining so, does not.
I appreciate your sharing. Good insights, I hadn’t considered them, and I find them plausible. It’s in that “white lie” group, to use my vernacular.