I'm not sure about who was where when, but I don't think Huckabee did invite Cruz early on. It sounds like once Cruz was already there in town, Huck invited him to meet Kim Davis, but he didn't invite him to come to Kentucky.
According to some accounts, Ted Cruz was closer to Davis and would have been the first to meet her but one of Huck's aides blocked his way. Huckabee looks bad for complaining about what happened.
I'm wondering, though, if the show were on the other foot -- if Cruz set up the rally and Huck crashed it -- if people would feel the same way about what happened.
This should’ve been a Davis event, not a Huckster event. The fact that Huck made him his event shows that he doesn’t care much about Davis at all and using her for publicity