"Ted Cruz to me is a phony. I don't trust him," King said Friday on CNN, according to Politico

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"I think Donald Trump, behind it all, is the more reasonable person, and I believe that he enough common sense but, again, he has to show that to me. To me, Ted Cruz is hopeless. He's irredeemable."

While King appears to warming up to the possibility of Trump being the party's nominee, he's made obvious his disdain for Cruz throughout the campaign.

Before the New York primary, he said anyone who votes for Cruz should have their head examined