Cruz quickly went to juelzing and deflecting.
Trump eviscerated his azz, if someone talks about my wife and throws repeated insults at me, I'm not going to be defending them.
Cruz looks spineless, but he just like other Republicans will go along with whatever Trump says as long as he's introducing conservative legislation.
It doesn't matter that he isn't tactful, it doesn't matter that he race baits, it doesn't matter that he makes fun of people with disabilities, it doesn't matter that he sleeps around with porn stars, it doesn't matter that he doesn't pay taxes, it doesn't matter that he asks foreign countries to attack his election rivals.
All they care about is ramming through legislation that benefits a small percentage of Americans like them.