I really like Senator Cruz, but is it possible that he was tone-deaf on this one occasion? Too bad he didn’t begin by talking about the Christians of the Middle East who are in fact being driven out after 2,000 years. It is not clear why he would begin by talking about Israel, when the subject at hand is Islamic massacres of Christians and Yazidis and “heretical” Muslims several hundred miles to the east. In other words, everything he says makes sense, but why not talk a little about the reason for the conference (unless of course he was going to eventually) and then broach the subject of how everything over there is interconnected? A transcript would help.
No it isn’t possible he was tone deaf on the occasion.
Cruz gave the following statement to Breitbart after the event and outlined what he did before the booing started:
“When I spoke in strong support of Israel and the Jewish people, who are being persecuted and murdered by the same vicious terrorists who are also slaughtering Christians, many Christians in the audience applauded. But, sadly, a vocal and angry minority of attendees at the conference tried to shout down my expression of solidarity with Israel.”
He fully understood the event was about terrorists who are slaughtering Christians AND he added his strong support of Israel and Jews because they’re being persecuted and murdered by the same terrorists.
Some in the audience (not even a majority) began to boo and shout him down at that point and would not shut up so he could actually finish speaking.