https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcg5n2H3NOU
The opposite of dishonest is truth - therefore, he was saying that Cruz wasn’t telling the truth. He also said it was misleading - which means deceptive. What part of that don’t you understand? To be dishonest is to lie. Duh!
His critique was of Cruz’s tactics, he didn’t think Cruz and the House Republicans should fight to defund Obamacare since he didn’t think we could win. I would point out that that fight was the rallying cry that led eventually to us taking back the Senate (which may now protect us from losing the Supreme Court).
However, this part of the argument is meaningless. Sen. Coburn has directly rejected Trumps fake quote. Sen. Coburn said today “It’s an absolute fabrication. I’ve never said that, period”
http://time.com/4226362/donald-trump-ted-cruz-coburn-lying/