You're right about donkey to an extent, but you're also missing a big thing. He did know who Ted was. But before this week, he thought Ted's bullshit would only affect poor people or minorities or women. Now, whether donkey actively wanted others to be fucked over or just didn't give a shit is largely irrelevant. He's an asshole either way. But what you are missing is that, never in a million years did donkey imagine that he would end up getting fucked. But he did.
Think of it with a different set of facts. Donkey, at best, probably doesn't care if cops shoot innocent black people. But now that innocent white people are getting shot, something needs to be done.
So he may very well vote against Cruz in the primary next time. However, that doesn't make him any less of an asshole. Like any Republican, donkey only cares about himself, and that self finally took a hit. But he isn't gonna vote for anyone that really wants to help all people in general because he doesn't want to help all people. He wants to help himself. So he will vote for another liar in the republican primary and then, maybe, abstain from voting in the general election. But I do believe he is done with Ted. Not even a GOP politician can directly fuck over his donors.