Cruz is making a “Yes but”, defense.
Cruz is saying
Yes what was done was wrong BUT it is justified because the victim...
Anyone NOT welded at the hip to a candidate knows that is exactly what this is and will hold Cruz accountable
There was such an opportunity here for Cruz and he totally blew it.
Can you imagine what the result would of been if Cruz had come out and supported Trump and soundly castigated the media and the rioters? If he had made a full throat-ed defense of the Constitutional principals of Free Speech and Free Assembly?
But instead he weaseled.
How can Cruz possibly make a one sided defense of free speech when Trump’s campaign manager wrestles to the ground a female reporter from Breibart whose only offense was to try asking him a question as to whether or not he supports affirmative action?
You see, while we must condemn the Chicago acts of thuggery, one weakens one case if you then try to justify the acts of Trump’s campaign manager and for which Trump has not apologized.
He could have been V.P.