Lest we forget, in other news:
Donald Trump has always been a fan of Ben Carson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI279UvRK9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBvmaQFQbHI
But then, he “used to be” a fan of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as well:
But The Donald isn’t an opportunist at all...
You seem to be basing all your decision making on the person of a candidate, not his observed behavior. So since Ted Cruz is a “consistent conservative”, one can ignore all matter of questionable behavior on his part. Good luck with that.