“Whooaaaa....help me with CruzLogic here. My analytical skills are failing.”
That is because you are probably not a lawyer. Most of us would think that “contested” and “brokered” are distinctions without a difference.
And, Cruz changed, revised, his protest after he failed to win like he thought he would.
You would think, for someone who is supposedly violently opposed to the establishment, and singularly despised by them, he would repudiate their help, or it would not be extended.
Pure speculation on my part. But, my gosh, it sure would keep him in line.