"earlier today over 30 people were arrested at one rally and then tonight as violence broke out the rally was canceled altogether"
I think the above makes it pretty clear Cruz was talking about the Trump rally in Chicago.
At the 1:00 minute mark, he made no doubt about what he was talking about. He spent 20 seconds on it, and blamed the protesters.
Then he continued ‘but’...and talked about voter disenfranchisement. Huh? what on earth does that have to do with Chicago? He was clearly talking about something else at that point (the campaign in general) and not Chicago.
I think it is obvious. When I first read on FR that ‘Cruz blamed Trump...sided with BLM’, I was completely frustrated. Couldn’t believe he had done that, had to hear it for myself. It was then that I first saw this video. And I jumped to Cruz’s defense in what really transpired, but at that point the damage was done.
I suppose I shouldn’t let it bother me, but it does. A good conservative has been trashed for no good reason. It started with CNNs report about the Carson campaign in Iowa. What really happened doesn’t matter, and then this story piled on. Neither true, but it has stuck, the meme is established, and, well, here we are...oh well...I guess it doesn’t matter...
Sorry to have bothered you. Have a great day.