I gotta run so I will make a brief reply and perhaps we can discuss more later.
To your point 3. Trump’s “wealth defense” has been used over and over when FReepers respond to me after questioning his conservative bona fides.
Your point 4. There have been countless attacks on Cruz’s looks, his eyes, the way he talks, his wife’s looks, his children, and Carly Fiorina’s looks, as well. Go back through the threads and see how many times Trump supporters post Photoshopped images of Cruz and his family to make them look ridiculous. They post glamour shots of Trumps wife and families. It’s trivialities when we’re discussing the future of the free world.
Filling stadiums is not as important is winning votes. At just over one third of votes cast, Trump is not exactly tearing it up so far.
Support for free trade doesn’t define someone as a globalist. Many conservatives support free trade. Import tariffs are almost always used to protect crony insiders from competition. Trump is part of that insider system.
Cruz’s attempt to derail the Corker bill with a poison pill is well documented. It didn’t work, but you can’t blame Cruz for trying. Do you doubt Cruz will tear up the Iran agreement if he becomes president?
Cruz’s edibility to run for President has been confirmed by several courts already. Again, it’s a diversion used to deflect from Cruz’s positions vs. Trumps. Do you doubt Cruz holds American values? I’m more concerned about Trump’s statements that he identifies as a Democrat than that Cruz is somehow a closet Canadian. Sheesh.
“Cruz’s attempt to derail the Corker bill with a poison pill is well documented.”
The poison pill has always been total nonsense but it is associated with the Gang of Eight bill. The only time Cruz, at the time, mentioned poison pill was to accuse Obama of doing it.