Ted Cruz continues the Russian conspiracy theory about Ukraine

First a disclaimer, This news is pretty dated and I may be a little foggy.  Back when Cruz was in the primary for the 2016 election.  Cruz disliked Trump emmensely.  At the same time, the lawyer for the

"Washington Madam"  said he had a name from her black book that would sink one of the candidates.  Cruz is now praising Trump, he's 180 degrees out from where he was.  David Peck of the National enquirer, a close friend of Trump, investigates scandalous news.   To cut to the chase, Peck tells Trump he has dirt on Cruz.  Trump blackmails Cruz.  Cruz becomes a Trump disciple.  It's possible.  Then again Cruz may be defending Trump just out of loyalty to Trump. 

I think it's a third factor: Cruz's near-loss to Beto scared the crap out of him and now, he wants to make sure he gets as many votes from "the base" as possible in the future. That is best accomplished by figuratively, and maybe literally, licking Trump's balls in full public view.