"Is Cruz a fascist in the image of Stalin and Mussolini?"
No, he’s a rightwing extremist and social conservative in the image of Ralph Reed and Randall Terry; Cruz is just as wrong and just as dangerous.
Why?
He won't tell you.
Lefties just say stuff, in the manner of throwing shit against a wall and seeing what will stick.
If it doesn't "work" ie smear the republican, they just spew out something else.