It’s not parsable
If you read the statement word for word, it is exactly what he said. I have posted it many times, his exact statement.
To date, nobody has been able to prove it says anything else. Some have pointed to the word but. The word but MODIFIES the first clause, but does not delete it.
Cruz is a lawyer before he is a politician. A lawyer understands the proper meaning of the word but better than many Trump supporters.