Posted on 09/11/2014 11:07:58 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walked offstage at an event Wednesday evening after his remarks in support of Israel drew boos from some members of the audience.
Cruz was speaking at a dinner for In Defense of Christians (IDC), a group that aims to raise awareness of persecuted minority communities in the Middle East, particularly Christians.
According to The Daily Caller, it was Cruz's assertion that "Christians have no greater ally than Israel" which drew the first negative reaction from some in the crowd, who booed and yelled, "stop it!"
As Cruz doubled down on his point - "those who hate Israel hate America," he said - the interruptions grew.
"If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews," Cruz said. "Then I will not stand with you. Good night, and God bless." He left the stage.
"I came to this event [Wednesday] to help shine a light on the tragic persecution and slaughter of Christians by ISIS and Islamic radicals throughout the Middle East. American leaders have been far too silent as to this horrific evil," Cruz said in a statement released after the event. "But bigotry and hatred have no place in this discussion. Anti-Semitism is a corrosive evil, and it reared its ugly head."
He blamed a "vocal and angry minority of attendees" for what he called a "shameful display of bigotry and hatred" and said he had no choice but to leave.
IDC issued its own statement reprimanding "a few politically motivated opportunists" for choosing to cause division in the room.
"Tonight's injection of politics when the focus should have been on unity and faith, momentarily played into the hands of a few who do not adhere to IDC's principles. They were made no longer welcome," IDC President Toufic Baaklini said.
During his less than two years in the Senate, Cruz has often displayed a talent for making his points with flare. A day before the speech, he was on the Senate floor to protest a constitutional amendment proposed by Democrats that would undo two Supreme Court decisions striking down limits on campaign spending.
His argument: the constitutional amendment would criminalize political speech - including the satire that pokes fun at politicians on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL).
"Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician. That is extraordinary, it is breathtaking, and it is dangerous," said, referencing the SNL creator and producer. "Who can forget in 2008 Saturday Night Live's wickedly funny characterization of the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin? It was wickedly funny and also had a profound effect on people's assessment of Governor Palin, who's a friend of mine."
To underscore his point, Cruz did a brief impression of comedian Dana Carvey imitating former President George H.W. Bush on the show, saying, "Not gonna do it."
was thinking the same thing; i.e. leftists attempting to set up Cruz.
BEEP!
Democrats gonna be Democrats!
Stupid is like an element - can’t be changed into smart.
I’m a big Palin supporter but I laughed when SNL did a parody of the VP debate between Palin and Biden. Fey (as Palin) shook hands with the Biden guy and said “Can I call you Joe?” just as Palin was overheard to say. And then “Okay Good because I want to use that later”, referring to her “say it aint so, Joe” line from that debate. Come on, that was good.
Stupid as a teenager somehow, sometimes, changes into smart in middle and/or old age, perhaps by decay of the fundamewntal morsels making up the element, thus changing into another element with decay of the nucleus.
To be clear, first, this was a meeting of Middle Eastern Christians, i.e., of middle eastern origin. Next, Cruz was booed because he made pro-Jewish comments. Third, Middle Eastern Christians have been tremendously propagandized regarding Jews.
So, this title is not a fair summary of what actually went down.
It looks to me as if the morons who booed at him didn’t hear a word he said, or it was setp that they would boo him
There are many people who silently are upset with “standing with Israel”.
Voters elect and/or support people who have values and ideals and principles that are consonant with the values,ideals and principles they,themselves espouse.
Many conservatives do not believe that the United States and Israel are glued together,in fact many conservatives believe that it is not in the best interest of this country or any political candidate to take a political position pledging allegiance to any other country than the United States of America.
Must have been CINO’s.
Isn’t one of the standards of religion tolerance of others?
Once you start messing with decaying morsels you’re gonna attract roving gangs of quarks and all bets are off!
bkmk
Where do I send my contribution to Cruz 2016?
Good for cruz....my respect for him just went up another notch.
Do you get offended when they make fun of somebody you don't like?
Unfortunately I know quite a few thoughtful,christian conservatives who believe that the consequences of killing innocent men,women and children lead to ever escalating deaths of innocents as opposing parties defend what they believe to be their best interests and often are not.
I think we need to spend far more time seeking the Truth and then we might find that the “Truth” is not what we were first told it was by men with agendas that were not in our best interest.
You must be a lot of fun at parties, filtering everything through your politics transmogrifier.
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