No one took actor Ronald Reagan seriously either.
They took Reagan very seriously and he almost took the nomination from Ford but Reagan was a serious candidate.
“No one took actor Ronald Reagan seriously either.”
Exactly. BIG DIFFERENCE this time. Trump has money and he has a message. They ignore him at their own peril. Cruz understands how he’s connecting - others, I suspect, are so INSULATED from the base of the party (and entire country, when talking about open borders) that they simply cannot comprehend how Trump is connecting.