Cruz must be an imbecile when it comes to common sense. He has no feel for how people react to things. Telling people indirectly to vote Republican down-ticket, but not for Trump against Hillary will make him the number one villain within the party. If Trump wins, he has a very powerful enemy. If Trump loses, he will be partially blamed. There is no way for Lyin’ Ted to come out a winner from this.
Not only has he shown himself to not be a man of his word or honor; he has also show a willingness to stab conservatives and the party in the back because he is stupid enough to think it will help him in the future. Trump was far too generous to allow this weasel, who is hated by the majority of those who know him (by all accounts), to speak at the convention.
” If Trump wins, he has a very powerful enemy. If Trump loses, he will be partially blamed.”
Meanwhile, the GOP-E will continue to hate him, so he’ll have no allies anywhere. He could have survived not attending the convention, but not getting up and refusing to endorse the nominee.