Sen. Ted Cruz was booed offstage at a conference for Middle Eastern Christians Wednesday night after saying that “Christians have no greater ally than Israel.”
Cruz, the keynote speaker at the sold-out D.C. dinner gala for the recently-founded non-profit In Defense of Christians, began by saying that “tonight, we are all united in defense of Christians. Tonight, we are all united in defense of Jews. Tonight, we are all united in defense of people of good faith, who are standing together against those who would persecute and murder those who dare disagree with their religious teachings.”
Cruz was not reading from a teleprompter, nor did he appear to be reading from notes.
“Religious bigotry is a cancer with many manifestations,” he continued. “ISIS, al-Qaida, Hezbollah, Hamas, state sponsors like Syria and Iran, are all engaged in a vicious genocidal campaign to destroy religious minorities in the Middle East. Sometimes we are told not to loop these groups together, that we have to understand their so called nuances and differences. But we shouldn’t try to parse different manifestations of evil that are on a murderous rampage through the region. Hate is hate, and murder is murder. Our purpose here tonight is to highlight a terrible injustice, a humanitarian crisis.”
“Christians have no greater ally than Israel,” he said, at which point members of the crowd began to yell “stop it” and booed him.
EWTN News Nightly’s Jason Calvi caught the moment on video.
“Those who hate Israel hate America,” he continued, as the boos and calls for him to leave the stage got louder. “Those who hate Jews hate Christians. If those in this room will not recognize that, then my heart weeps. If you hate the Jewish people you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ. And the very same people who persecute and murder Christians right now, who crucify Christians, who behead children, are the very same people who target Jews for their faith, for the same reason.”
The cries of “stop it, stop it, enough,” and booing continued. “Out, out, leave the stage!” At this point IDC’s president, Toufic Baaklini, came out to the stage to ask for the crowd to listen to Cruz, but Cruz had already had enough.
“If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews,” he said. “Then I will not stand with you. Good night, and God bless.” And with that, he walked off the stage.
Many Christians in the Middle East take issue with Israeli military policy, which has made life for Palestinian Christians in their homeland very difficult, and driven many from their homes. “Israel’s policies have led to demographic pressure that’s made the West Bank and Gaza far more Muslim than in 1948,” explained one Middle East analyst.
IDC’s Executive Director, Andrew Doran, then came out on stage, saying “For the love of God, we’re here to talk about Christians and we’re here to be united.”
Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan Joseph Zahlawi, who leads the Antiochian Orthodox in North America, soon after led those present in the Lord’s Prayer.
Even the “Judeo-Christian” crowd is starting to figure out who the jews really are.
Yes it appears the cat is out of the bag. This is some funny shit though. If only the rest would figure it out. They might really take notice.
It will be interesting to see if AJ continues his somewhat support for cruz..
So it seems that old Ted Cruz likes the taste of jew ass too.What a surprise huh,all of them are dirty as hell and not a one of the entrenched bastards have a bit of decency or patriotism in their body.All of them have been bought and paid for because they are all whores or they would have never made it to where they are.George Carlin was right when he said they have a big club and we ain’t in it!
Doesn’t look like our Half Canadian/Half American, ineligible presidential candidate, “Conservative” savior, seems to be doing too well with the people.
Yea…the “I’m with Israel and the Jews” thing isn’t working for We the People anymore. We the People no longer like them nor want them. We see through their lies and we aren’t gonna take it anymore. Better find another way to cater to the people or find yourself on We the People’s shit list.
“Those who hate Israel hate America,” he continued, as the boos and calls for him to leave the stage got louder.
The cries of “stop it, stop it, enough,” and booing continued. “Out, out, leave the stage!”
Do you realize how significant this is? When an audience who volunteered to listen to this man starts yelling at him like this, it means we’ve arrived at a tipping point where we’ll begin to see the majority of the population supporting us. Thinking Americans are awake. The non-thinkers are irrelevant. This is big news for our side of the propaganda war.
Don’t get too excited. This is a group of Middle Eastern Christians who know the truth regarding what Israel is. Walk into a Baptist church, and you will most likely see an Israeli flag next to the pulpit. My local church had a petition drive to free Pollard last year. At least 30 million Americans live in the Christian Zionist zombie-land. Combine that with perhaps 100 million who could care less what happens in the world, and we have a long way to go. The recent “Stop the Ship” demonstrations against ZIM shipping, however, do give me hope, since these are mostly a few young people making their mark.
““Those who hate Israel hate America,” he continued,”
ISRAEL IS NOT AMERICA, you dumb son of a bitch!!! 😡
You’re supposed to represent the AMERICAN PEOPLE not Israel, you treasonous bastard!