Everyone knows what Cruz meant but the hive mind has more fun when it’s being deliberately obtuse.
I do think most people knew what Cruz meant, and probably agree with the sentiment for the most part. However, Trump cleverly invoked 9/11 and when that happened, it was all she wrote. 9/11 had nothing to do with Cruz’s remark but businessman Trump will get every bit of emotional and sentimentally fueled mileage out of it that’s possible. Aside from simply looking Trump in his eyes and saying, “Well played, even though you knew what I meant”, Cruz is screwed on that particular play.