Ted Cruz is not a conservative. He is just another Harvard Schooled lawyer carrying his Bible olBJClinton style.
He went into a troublesome area of the Constitution. There are good arguments that his birth circumstances, which wouldn’t have passed muster for his candidacy in Founding days, still shouldn’t. That said, some were willing to wink at this for the sake of someone who at least was culturally a lifelong US citizen and not subject to any allegiance claims of foreign lands, meeting the intent if not the letter. Barack Obama may have met the letter but not the intent.
It was much more seemly in that area for the president to be Donald Trump or even (barf) Hillary Clinton.
Cruz is OK as a conservative in most if not all areas. However he doesn’t know when to step aside and let God speak where he can’t.
Cruz is a genuine Christian conservative. You have blinders on if you can’t detect his sincerity about his faith.
He is far from the typical Harvard lawyer. Did most Harvard students have a chart of GOP winners on their wall during election night?