Perfect. Principles over the cult of personality any day.
Alas, principles is exactly what millions of us saw that Cruz would not stand up for after the Chicago near riot, when he spent 10 times as long condemning Trump for what was done to him than he spent condemning the radical leftists oppressing his First Amendment rights. From some of the self-deluding, mental gymnastics posts on this thread, obviously some will not face reality but many of us choose to believe our own lying ears.