Trump has put more money in peoples pockets via J O B S than Cruz and his supporters can ever dream of!
“...opponents and pastors alike suggested Cruz ... has flouted the Biblical commandment of tithing in his personal life.”
There is no “Biblical commandment of tithing”. Tithing was an Old Testament Law. (IIRC, it was in place even before the Law was handed down.) We’re no longer under the Law, but are in the Age of Grace. Nothing in the New Testament instructs Christians to tithe. I know preachers preach it, and it’s a good thing to do if you want to (even better to give more than 10%), but it’s not mandatory.
Go Trump.