Cruz and Gowdy have been swapping places as public enemies #1 and #2 in the national media for years now. I think he can handle the heat just fine.
Gowdy? Please. Ask anyone on the street who doesn’t follow FR if they know who he is. That’s my point with candidate Cruz. Outside the FR world, Cruz is “that guy who shut down the govt and cost Grandma her SS check”. Wait till the full microscope is placed on him and the attack/lie adds start.