“Cruz linking up with this kook was certainly one of the big mistakes he made in his 2016 presidential run.”
Mama used to say, “You’re known by the company you keep.”
Cruz kept a lot of interesting company during the campaign.
You can’t be the leader of the conservative movement in America having been a protege of the Bush family, and still have deep political and economic ties with them. Sadly, there are some hardcore Cruzers who don’t seem to grasp that reality.