“The same is even more true, re Cruz supporters, and Cruz himself and all of the news that has lately come out about him and his parents.”
Trump has been all over the map through the years, politically (though he doesn’t seem to vote, except with his money to politicians). That is indisputable. Cruz has been a very close adherent to conservative values throughout his political career. I think the news you are referring to is just character assassination, for the sake of someone getting elected (or people getting their candidate elected).
It is only recently that Ted's masks have begun to fall. He isn't whom we were led to believe he was.