I wish I could refind for you the clip showing a Cruz campaign representative TV interview where the campaign representative went out of her way to talk about Melania’s checked past and racy photos that were not suitable for a first lady.
The interview was several weeks before the nude photo mailer and was in a sense the introduction to that line of attack and was the first attack on a candidate’s wife. I did post it on FR during the campaign but last time I tried it was just too many posts to search and the internet search with key words pulls up too much material. That was the interview that convinced me that the campaign was aware the mailer was going out.
I agree with you that it is water under the bridge. Ted Cruz may yet contribute to MAGA, and that is really what matters.
Well if he was a member of the actual campaign, that starts to make the case against Cruz, but it needs to be noted if Cruz reprimanded or removed this person from his campaign, or kept allowing him to do such a thing.
I didn't see this example to which you are referring, so I cannot much speak to this point.
I agree with you that it is water under the bridge. Ted Cruz may yet contribute to MAGA, and that is really what matters.
I think this is correct. My recollection was that Trump was quite nice to Cruz for most of the campaign, and only started attacking Cruz when he was the last man, or nearly the last man still standing against him.
I interpreted Trump's actions through most of the campaign as evidence that Trump had some degree of respect for Cruz, and that he reluctantly went into attack mode against Cruz when it became apparent that Cruz was an actual threat to winning the nomination.
But it ought to be water under the bridge as you say. I don't see any good that can be accomplished by bringing up primary fights.