India, March 16 -- Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has sparked a backlash on social media after he claimed in an interview that the way some people say, "Christ is King" is antisemitic and a "code word" for "I hate the Jews." Cruz made the remarks at an interview with CBN News, a Christian TV channel.

Cruz said that the phrase "Christ is King" has spread on social media, especially among far-right groups like Nick Sortor's groypers, as a way to assert Christian dominance over the Jews. Cruz said that though he agrees with the phrase itself, he finds himself at odds with how the phrase is used on social media to attack Jews.

"I agree with the statement Christ is King," Cruz said. "Although it is being used online in a way that is meant to say,...