Why on earth do you figure Cruz would run if he had ANY doubt about his eligibility? I don’t get it.
He is fully aware of the requirements and knows he is lacking, but figures he can bullshit his way thru.
Cruz has demonstrated that he is not worthy of our trust, or the Presidency...
I have said that Cruz will be successfully demonized by the Left as doctrinaire, self-righteous and “strident” (per Trump). Oh...and NOT natural born (per Tribe).
Still, I cannot see Ted in a bad light compared to the Obamaci (which is filled with Bastard People).
I’d be a bit less RUDE about it, but it looks like a miscalculation upon which a pinch is impending, and that at the command of the politicians who hate him the worst.
He has an ego issue; so does Trump.
However there is another biblical adage to be considered: from whom much has been entrusted, much is expected.
Cruz is a Christian and that used to mean humble and thankful to God and willing to share blessing. In the modern version of it, it painfully often is taken to mean strut up and down about your privileges in God to get your benefit denominated in the capital of the bank of the world. That would be, er, Cruz-ing for a bruising. Cruz could still back out of this position, but he would need to realize he is in it.
Trump the outward unbeliever isn’t expected to project that good an image. The gospel reputation does not ride on Trump (at this point; it would if Trump came to visible faith).
God will treat the two differently because He has a certain agenda He is pursuing with respect to the gospel.