When Selective Outrage Gets a Senate Seat
Senator Ted Cruz, ever the champion of selective religious freedom, recently raised alarm over '50,000 Christians being killed since 2009' in Nigeria, as reported by Newsweek. A tragic figure, to be sure. Yet, this same senator, who decries foreign persecution, consistently supports policies that lead to human rights abuses elsewhere, often with military aid funded by U.S. taxpayers. One might
wonder where this impassioned advocacy goes when the victims aren't politically convenient. While Cruz finds his voice for Nigerian Christians, his voting record tells a different story on other human rights issues. For instance, OpenSecrets.org shows Cruz's campaign received over $189,000 from pro-Israel PACs since 2020. This financial backing coincides with his unwavering support for Israeli
military actions, often at severe cost to Palestinian civilians. The selective outrage, so meticulously curated for the cameras, seems to dim when the recipients of US-backed violence are not of his preferred faith. How convenient that 'Christian' lives matter, but Palestinian lives—whether Christian, Muslim, or Druze—simply become collateral damage.