“I recommend Iowans offended by a piece of paper get a life, look at the real accomplishments of the candidates and remember that this is mild compared to political slime from years gone past.”
Iowa is an evangelical state, and Cruz is running as the most conservative, honest, trustworthy, upright man ever, trying to appeal to the evangelical voters.
This contradicts all that.
What this shows is Cruz’s singularly poor judgment about the most important decision he has had to make in this campaign. Cruz had to win Iowa. Instead he committed an inappropriate act with the family dog.