Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) recently participated in a congressional hearing on "hate" and ironically received quite a dose of it while he was rudely interrupted by an anti-Israel nutjob. 

According to Fox News, an anti-Israel "agitator" stood up in the middle of Cruz's speech and yelled "F***ing Jews," interrupting the Republican senator.

The nasty, profanity-laced interruption came during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled, "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America."

During the speech, Cruz also slammed the Biden-Harris administration for being "utterly absent" regarding the growing wave of anti-Israel hate spreading across college campuses and liberal-run cities around the country.

What happened?

Cruz noted that the Hamas attack on Israel last October was one of the worst of its kind, and pointed to the immediate rise in anti-Israel hate in the wake of the deadly attack.

"Antisemitism is a unique, historic form of evil, and over millennia, it is manifested in violence, mass murder and genocide," Cruz said.

He added, "October 7th was one of the darkest days in human history when terrorists murdered over 1,200 Israelis and took 251 hostages. Women and girls were raped. It was the single largest mass murder of Jews in a day since the Holocaust. In the wake of October 7th, we have seen antisemitism explode across the United States and across the world, but especially on college campuses."

"This is the kind of anger and hate that is encouraged. You're now seeing the hate manifesting right here. We now have a demonstration of anti-Semitism. We have a demonstration of the hate."

-- Ted Cruz after protestors interrupt and are removed from hate crimes hearing pic.twitter.com/puYYs601nm

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) September 17, 2024

Shortly after the interruption, Cruz pointed to the lack of action on the part of the Biden-Harris administration.

"Throughout all of this, the Biden-Harris administration has been utterly absent. Does anyone doubt if the Klan were on college campuses terrorizing African American students, threatening African American students, that we would see the FBI there, that we would see prosecutors there, that we would see federal funding cut off to universities? Of course we would. And we should," the Republican senator said.

"But when it comes to antisemitism, the Democrats have a problem. I would note this is occurring in blue states with blue governors, because the Democrat Party is terrified of the pro-Hamas wing of their party," he added.

Social media reacts

Users across social media shared their opinions on what happened during Cruz's speech.

"Who wants to bet that the comment was from a Democrat?" one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "That's Democrat constituents for you. All there in the crowd cheering that peaceful fella on."