Ted Cruz: ‘Liberal Fascism’ Threatens ‘Religious Freedom’

Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom 15th Annual Spring Kick Off, in Waukee, Iowa, Saturday, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Saturday criticized Democrats for attacking religious freedom and alienating Christians in the U.S.

“Today’s Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today’s Democratic Party,” Cruz said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit, according to The Hill. “There is a liberal fascism that is going after Christian believers.”

Cruz said that support for same-sex marriage by liberals has pushed Christians away from the Democratic party.

“Today’s Democratic Party has become so radicalized for legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states that there is no longer any room for religious liberty,” Cruz said, according to The Hill.

The presidential candidate called on U.S. leaders to “stand unapologetically in defense of the Judeo-Christian values upon which America was built.”

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  1. When Cruz uses the word “Liberal fascism”, it occurs to me he is describing exactly what the Republican party has turned into to and seems to be striving for. Exactly.

  2. Oh, the irony!

  3. Ted Cruz is vicious lyin’ scum. As low as it is possible to be. A hater. A liar.

  4. the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit

    OMG, he deep throated that entire corn dog without gagging like Michele Bachmann did…

  5. Unmitigated codswallop, but I’m certain it got the “faithful” on their feet. I’m reminded of John Stuart Mill who remarked, “I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any honorable Gentleman will question it.”

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