Ted Cruz actually said...

"And the reason is because of disingenuous pablum from people like Ted Cruz, who`s a coward who still has this sort of ridiculous fantasy that one day he`s going to catch all the magic rings of the MAG..."

"This is driven really by the partisan rage and the partisan anger the Democrats feel they hate Donald J. Trump, and they’re engaging in an act that I think is petty, I think it is retribution."

"I believed that the Obama-Biden administration's approach was deeply misguided, and I urged the Trump administration to reverse it."

"I think it`s a waste of time. And so, to coin a phrase, I think it`s time to move on."