Ted Cruz got himself into a little bit of trouble when he garnered an endorsement by a Christian pastor that has commented about Hitler having been sent by God to target the Jewish people.
Now, no candidate can control everything said by every leader who gives them endorsements, but Cruz initially praised the endorsement and even defended the pastor, raising the ire of Jewish groups.
Now, Cruz has responded to the Times of Israel stepping away a bit. He praises the pastor for his work but on this specific issue Cruz repudiated what the pastor said and insisted that "God did not intend anything in Hitler's evil, and it is wrong to suggest otherwise"
With that Cruz seems to have satisfied the Jewish groups that were upset by the initial endorsement and support.
Somehow, though, this is puzzling.
According to Cruz's clarification, God had no intentions with the evil perpetrated by Hitler, i.e. the Holocaust. And Jews are good with that. Do the Jews who were previously upset really believe that God was not involved? It does not seem, to me, like a very Jewish belief to take God completely out of the equation.
I would not have gotten upset initially at the pastor's statement, and actually find Cruz's clarification more disturbing.
I guess you can't make everyone happy all the time.
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