Senator Ted Cruz is trying to wake people up to what he sees as a growing crisis on the right. He has taken to saying that if he were to post “Good morning” on the social media platform X, within minutes he would be deluged by hundreds of blatantly antisemitic replies. It’s not much of an exaggeration. On Veterans Day, like most elected officials, the Texas Republican posted a graphic with an accompanying note expressing gratitude for the brave service members who fought for our nation. The message was totally uncontroversial, but the replies would have fit in the letters section of Der Stürmer.
“To hell with you and the rest of traitors to the Republic who are selling our country to this genocidal, apocalyptic death cult of Zionists!” read one comment. Others blasted “Jewish terrorists” and “the evil political zionist takeover.” The worst of the comments were directed at Cruz himself, accusing him of being a “shill for Israel” or being controlled by “Israeli masters.” One doctored photo portrayed Cruz as a black-hatted Hasidic Jew with peyot (side curls); the attached message accused him of taking cash from “pedophile Israeli friends” that was deposited into “secret bank accounts.” Another showed him at a lectern, with a Nazi-era yellow “Jude” star attached to his suit. Other comments were too profane or scatological to include here.
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