Emotions run wild.
No substance
If you’re in a street fight and you hand you’re opponent a club, you shouldn’t be surprised when he hits you with it.
Cruz assumed that by the time the New York primary rolled around the race would be over.
Of course he also assumed that he was going to win South Carolina and sweep Super Tuesday.
He assumed himself into a corner.
You knew he'd get hammered by that remark when he didn't win South Carolina and sweep the South on Super Tuesday.
He gambled that the race would be over before he ever had to take accountability for that statement.
The only thing he can do now is take it like a man.