Posted on March 22, 2016 at 10:18 am

Sen. Ted Cruz lauds Elie Wiesel as a moral giant in AIPAC speech

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) listens to Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel at a roundtable discussion. Cruz said the nuclear talks with Iran were reminiscent of Western appeasement of Hitler. (How original - Not)

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) listens to  Elie Wiesel at a Senate roundtable discussion last year. Cruz said the nuclear talks with Iran were reminiscent of Western appeasement of Hitler. (Say again??)

By Carolyn Yeager

Currently running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Cruz spoke on Monday, March 21 to the annual American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington’s largest lobbying group and an unregistered agent of the Israeli government in the U.S.

His words were described as being those he has spoken many times before, but naturally what stood out to me was what he said about Elie Wiesel. At 13:40 into his speech he said:

A year ago, I was honored to join the great Elie Wiesel on a panel discussion in the Senate about this disastrous Iranian deal. Not a single democrat was willing to join Elie Wiesel … to sit alongside someone who witnessed first hand the horrors of the “Holocaust,” who brings a moral weight and gravity second to none, was both powerful and humbling. And I am convinced, after this election, the American people will stand and say together “Never Again” means never again.

On my very first day in office I will begin the process of moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the once and eternal capital of Israel.

Does Texas senator Ted Cruz know anything at all about what is called the “Holocaust?” Does he know anything at all about Elie Wiesel’s life? No, to both. I am sure he has never read a single book by Elie Wiesel, yet he calls him “the great” based on the fact that Wiesel was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by the same ignorant Congress of which he is a part. This man Cruz is a complete panderer who accepts whatever the Jewish power structure says and bows low hoping to be selected to do its bidding.

And what does he mean by “After this election, the American people will say “Never Again” means never again.” Does he mean the “Holocaust” will be more dominating than ever? And Jews will be protected like never before? Just the direction we should not go in.

Cruz goes on to say at 15:08:

And as president, I will do everything in my power to ensure that anyone who provides financial support to the BDS movement, including schools and universities, will lose any access to federal funding. And to the extent they have engaged in any illegal behavior, they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions – a global campaign to increase pressure on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian land. Israel is clearly the immoral party in this situation, yet Cruz cares not for morality, even as he holds himself up as an evangelical Christian following the teachings of his Cuban father’s rather extreme Christian cult. In reality, Cruz is an Old Testament Christian – in other words, a Jew. A man who feels honored to sit next to one of the most obnoxious liars of the 20th Century (and into the 21st), Elie Wiesel, author of the entirely false testimony, Night.

For these reasons, I want to make it known that I will never, under any circumstances, vote for Senator Ted Cruz for anything. Should he somehow become the Republican nominee, I will choose not vote,  and will sit out the election in disgust.

1 Comment to Sen. Ted Cruz lauds Elie Wiesel as a moral giant in AIPAC speech

  1. by Carolyn

    On March 22, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Ted Cruz, whose father came to the U.S. from Cuba, shows favoritism to Cuban immigrants over other Hispanics. He is on record as being against any change in U.S. law that would repeal long-standing U.S. policy that welcomes Cuban refugees who arrive at ports of entry and allows them to seek legal permanent residency status, known as a green card, after one year.

    Two Hispanic congressmen from Texas and Senator John Cornyn say the policy is outdated and isn’t fair to immigrants from other countries who have to wait much longer for legal status. But Ted Cruz argues that Cuba is still not a free country, and his political allies in Texas from Gov. Greg Abbott to House Speaker Joe Strauss avoid commenting on it.

    Cruz has a very bad record overall on immigration. Even Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, which takes a hard line on illegal immigration and also seeks to limit legal migration, said the Cuban Adjustment Act should have been repealed decades ago.

    “Most of the migrants coming from Cuba are not coming because of political repression, they are coming for economic reasons just like most of the other migrants,” he said.

     

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