Senator Ted Cruz epically unloaded on Donald Trump on May 3, 2016, the eve of the Indiana primary. “This man is a pathological liar; he doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies . . . in a pattern that is straight out of a psychology textbook, he accuses everyone of lying. . . . Whatever lie he’s telling, at that minute he believes it . . . the man is utterly amoral.”27 Even at the Cleveland convention, Cruz declined to endorse his former rival. By Election Day, however, Cruz had submitted. He formally endorsed Trump on September 23. “If Clinton wins, we know—with 100 percent
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