Ted Cruz Scrambles to Defend ‘Lazy’ MAGA Candidate

Heather Diehl / Heather Diehl/Getty Images Texas Senator Ted Cruz stuck his neck out for his senior colleague’s potential successor despite the MAGA candidate’s numerous red flags. Cruz, 55, went toe-to-toe with NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Sunday about the Senate race in Texas, where Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Ken Paxton is vying for the seat currently occupied by Sen. John Cornyn. Paxton, the state’s attorney general who carries extensive political and legal baggage, defeated incumbent…