You misread that event, the publicity stunt was to draw the media to hear Cruz’s anti-immigration speech, you probably don’t remember Crus pushing for the wall back in 2012.
was it an anti-immigration speech ?
or anti-illegal alien invasion ?
Not sure if that is true.
But if it were, the misreading was all on the part of Cruz not me.
The OPTICS completely overshadowed the speech and it backfired mightily.
Politics 101, NEVER go to the border to give a speech because the border is ALL about OPTICS not words.
Of course, Rafael Jr.'s political missteps are legendary, like taking the podium at the 2016 RNC Convention to NOT endorse Trump.