Yes.
They don't.
Donald Trump won about 6% of the potential vote in this country, Ted won somewhat less. There simply is not enough data to justify the sweeping judgments so confidently made on this thread about whom conservatives so emphatically support or whom conservatives so emphatically despise.
There is no end to the list of people who must be trashed in order to uphold Donald Trump. Ted Cruz now stands at the head of the list just ahead of former Senator DeMent. The trashing never ends even when Trump bots are given no fresh occasion to vent their bottomless well of venom.
If Trump loses, the same Trump bots on this thread who traduced Ted Cruz will be rummaging around for a new man on horseback to represent them. They will redefine conservatism once again and stand it on its head to make it into something it never was in order to rationalize support of the next charismatic figure.
About the only thing on this thread that makes any sense whatsoever is the idea that we should support Trump now because he is all we got at this point. Traducing Ted Cruz for no reason is hardly the way to gain more votes for Trump.