Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on a segment of Sean Hannity’s show last night and blasted Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI-13) most recent anti-Semitical remarks as part of an overall pattern of disturbing behavior and “tolerance” within the Democratic party.

While there, Cruz took the opportunity to criticize the other two of what he refers to as the “freshman trio” of Tlaib, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) for their anti-Semitical/anti-Israel statements – or defenses of such – as well.

Fox News reports:

“Well, it’s unfortunately a growing problem. The Democratic Party as a whole is galloping to the left. And one of the components of that is the extreme left has a long history of anti-Semitism of anti-Israel hatred. We’re seeing it with this freshman trio, these three freshman house members who keep expressing anti-semitic, anti-Israel comments,” Cruz said on “Hannity.”

“Whether it’s congresswoman Tlaib’s comments about the Holocaust, which are just… they’re horrifying, or whether it’s Congresswoman Omar’s tweet attacking Israel, saying ‘it’s all about the Benjamins.’ It’s repeating anti-Semitic attacks,” he added.

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Cruz criticized the Democratic Party and leadership for not distancing themselves from the three.

“It would be one thing if it’s a couple of fringe radicals in their party, but what we’ve seen at least in the House of Representatives the Democratic Party as a whole, the leadership as a whole, is unwilling to distance themselves from these radicals, from these extreme and really harmful sentiments,” Cruz said.

Watch video of Cruz’s comments below:

In addition to his appearance on Sean Hannity’s show, Cruz posted several tweets on the issue this morning, including one where he addressed House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (MD-5) defense of Tlaib:

The Holocaust revisionism of ⁦@RashidaTlaib⁩ is simply FALSE. This article gives the real history. Key excerpt: “The Arab leadership was also openly pro-Nazi. Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem and a respected figure…” 1/2 https://t.co/i6Nwnfb2jG

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 14, 2019

2/2 “…in Palestinian circles to this day, met with Hitler & visited German troops. According to the German transcript…the mufti said: ‘An appeal by the Mufti to the Arab countries . . . would produce a great number of volunteers eager to fight.’” https://t.co/i6Nwnfb2jG

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 14, 2019

Steny, aside from her troubling rhetoric, do you agree with her Holocaust revisionism? Her argument is FALSE—the Palestinian leadership was openly pro-Nazi. If Dems disagree with @RashidaTlaib ahistorical attempt to delegitimize Israel, you should say so. https://t.co/Ej7la1757E https://t.co/J3VN18W5FO

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 14, 2019

As of this writing, Hoyer has not responded to Cruz’s question.

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