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.
No it didn’t, it had the media listening to the message, the videos included Cruz and his putting out his message, it wasn’t just images of him giving something to kids, remember the fight over DACA, and this is the guy who wanted to build a wall and ran on it in 2012.