Texas senator levels torrent of scorn at Republican frontrunner, alluding to venereal diseases, the JFK assassination and Back to the Future IIIn December, Ted Cruz called Donald Trump “terrific”. On Tuesday, just hours before polls close in Indiana, Cruz described the Republican frontrunner as “a serial philanderer”, an “amoral pathological liar”, and a “braggadocious, arrogant buffoon”.“If Indiana does not act, this country could well plunge into the abyss,” he said.