[Mase]

Yup, when everyone in the establishment hates you, and you call the leader of the Senate establishment a liar on the floor of the Senate, you are most certainly GOPe.

Whatever it takes....

[jospehm20]

Cruz hates the establishment so much he hired JEB’s brother. That makes sense. /s
It makes more sense that the whole McConnell is a liar thing was done to give the 17 year GOPe insider Cruz some outsider credibility. I do not think that McConnell really mixed that too much.