We have been over this time and again. He was trying to poison a bill the Senate was certain to pass so that the House might not. We were ultimately saved by the loss of Cantor in his primary. Cruz and the rest of us breathed a sigh of relief at the time and many thanked Cruz for the effort. The amnestyites did not thank Cruz for that but fought him on it because they thought it would kill the bill in the House.
“He was trying to poison a bill the Senate was certain to pass so that the House might not”
Once he started thinking about running for president his story was “I didn’t really mean it, I was just trying to fool them”.
So the bank robber tells the judge. LOL.