Cruz's claim is that he did NOT love Roberts. He "did not nominate him and would not have nominated him" in reply to charges that he supported and pushed Roberts. But we all know Cruz was one of Roberts' chiefest promoters. So why would Cruz deliberately mislead his audience without coming clean on that, even though coming clean is so harmless? Saying "we all supported him but he betrayed us" is a very simple argument to make.
Cruz's first instinct is never to be honest, but to obfuscate.
this is straight out of the playbook for people who are smarter than most people. they are too clever by half.
Oh great. The acolyte is back.