I will say it even more simply for you, then.
Trump's appeal is to ordinary people most concerned about illegal immigration, national security and jobs.
I would have been comfortable with Trump's stance on illegal immigration had he walked the walk in his own business.
Of course when Trump's background is scrutinized, we see that he's just the same as the cheap labor express crowd.
From hiring foreign workers from Eastern Europe for his Mar a Largo Club ignoring American workers who needed jobs to having his clothing gear made in China, where is his consistency?
So what’s Trump’s excuse? That’s he’s a businessman and that these are the realities on the ground? That, I’m afraid, won’t wash. When Disney behaved like this, there was a loud and sustained outcry from . . . well, no less than Donald Trump himself. In an interview with Breitbart, Trump argued that Disney should be forced to rehire any Americans it had overlooked or replaced.
By Trump’s own logic, the H-2B program that he so heavily used is even more egregious than the H-1Bs system that Disney took advantage of. Why? Well, because unlike H-1Bs — which can in theory be used to recruit skilled workers — H-2Bs are aimed directly at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Jobs?
Well, here is where people who have a conservative streak in most other issues differ.
I assume you believe that like Trump, putting up a huge tariff on Chinese goods and abolishing NAFTA would create jobs in the USA. I don't think it will. For every industry you try to protect by putting up tariff there are others that will suffer as the tariffs on steel to protect our steel industry have shown.
Also, most jobs lost in this country have come as a result of automation. If you want jobs created, the Ted Cruz/Mike Lee solution is the best -- GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY. Make it easier for businesses to thrive. Jobs will be created as a result of that.
More were moved by those issues, than for your (and Cruz') "constitutional conservatism," even though you don't like that result.
It is really just that simple.
We supported Ted Cruz PRECISELY because of the issues. His RECORD tells us that he could have been the BETTER MAN for the job. And yes, it's as simple as that.