Love of party or country?

In the latest GOP debate, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and John Kasich spent two hours adamantly telling America that Donald Trump is a fraud and a con man whose inexperience and temperament make him completely unsuitable to be president. Then they all said they’d support him if he became the Republican nominee. So either they were lying in their characterization of Trump, or they are willing to put their party ahead of their country. Which is it?

Daniel Welch, Glen Ellyn