“Cruz went up against members of his own party to spearhead the government shutdown in 2013, making him...a magnet for the ire of congressional leadership.”
And it was so utterly terrible for the GOP that they took over the Congress in a landslide in 2014.
Meanwhile, it was Harry Reid and Obama who “shut down” just 17% of the government.
Ted Cruz and his fellow Republicans were burning the midnight oil trying to keep it open.