Nonsense.
Any candidate that calls for a stand down without FIRST calling for legal reconsideration of the horrible injustice perpetrated against the Hammonds will never have my vote.
And, to boot, Rubio of all people is the only one who stated there's a problem with BLM ownership and management of 60% of Western land. And, that it needs to be turned back to the states.
Either Cruz spoke without knowing all the facts, or he's a weasel. Same with many of the other candidates who have been quoted.
I’ll admit this is a tough call. If the Bundys get the publicity and peaceably back down, this could be interpreted as a good publicity stunt.
However, the Bundys can’t act in a threatening manner; they need to do Gandhi like resistance. The leftist totalitarians are coming out of the woodworks and over-reacting which is good.
The Left has staged a lot more aggressive protests by far.