This was actually a diplomatic answer.
Bottom Line: Cruz burned his bridges. He has three career possibilities to provide for his family in the style to which they have become accustomed:
Return to practicing law
Start a talk radio show
Sell religion like his father
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He could go full bore Mormon, having already paddled around in those waters with apparent comfort. Ask for Stabby and Willard to help him recover in Utah and become a regional presence, or perhaps mild another federal Senate gig.
Talktalktalk radio is probably on its way out and that voice would be unendurable.