Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is drawing sharp criticism online this week after sharing an article that claims Catholic thinkers and activists are increasingly shaping the Republican Party’s direction.
“READ every word of this. It’s the best & most comprehensive explanation of what we’re fighting,” Cruz wrote on X with a link to the article, which describes what it calls a “ten-year project” aimed at replacing evangelical Protestant political theology with a Catholic framework.
The piece also cautioned that if evangelical Christians are displaced as the foundation of the American right, it would result in “a party with different gods.”
Cruz’s post ignited backlash from numerous Catholic commentators and conservative figures, including some linked to former President Donald Trump’s administration.
Daily Caller Editor in Chief Amber Duke labeled Cruz’s actions as sharing “a nearly 10k word AI-generated anti-Catholic screed.”
Turning Point USA’s Gabe Guidarini remarked: “The mask of ‘principle’ slips off and reveals the ugly, archaic anti-Catholic resentment within.”
Former Federal Trade Commission senior adviser Jon Schweppe, who served in the Trump administration, stated: “Get this [expletive] out of here. You should be embarrassed.” He added: “I guess @tedcruz wants to divide the GOP base even further. What a total piece of lard.”
Others criticizing Cruz include Joshua Charles, a former speechwriter for former Vice President Mike Pence, and Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan, who wrote: “Ted Cruz promoting a convoluted and lengthy article here that takes major shots at Catholics, specifically Catholic integralists, and bizarrely aligns them with Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson.”
“Remarkable to see Ted Cruz so directly attack Catholics,” said Christopher Hale, a former delegate to the Democratic National Convention who served in the Obama administration. “MAGA anti-Catholicism knows no bounds.”
Numerous Catholics on social media also accused Cruz of promoting “anti-Catholic bigotry.”
