However, it has become obvious that many Cruz supporters only support him because they think he can damage Trump. They know they can not defeat Trump. They want Cruz to do their dirty work so that Cruz can then be defeated.
They want Cruz to damage Trump and then implode or “self-immolate” as the author says.
Agree.
Not this Cruz supporter. I support Cruz because he has demonstrated his willingness to stand on Conservative principles even at the derision of his own political party. He is the type of Conservative that we have been begging for since 1988, and he is now running for President. And as a Conservative who has vowed to support Conservative candidates, I am not about to abandon him for some bling candidate who has great difficulty sanely uttering anything even remotely Conservative.
So when faced with the choices of keeping illegals out or letting them back in, supporting property rights or forfeiting those rights to the biggest influencer, getting government out of the health insurance or using the federal government to pay people's medical bills, implementing a tax code where everyone pays the same rate or implementing one where success is penalized, I will choose the former in each of those examples (Cruz) rather than the latter (Trump). Nothing against Trump personally, but he simply does not hold Conservative views.