THE HILL: Cruz warns of ‘liberal fascism’ targeting Christians.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians.

“Today’s Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today’s Democratic Party,” he said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Waukee, Iowa.

“There is a liberal fascism that is going after Christian believers,” the 2016 GOP presidential candidate continued.

“It is heartbreaking,” Cruz argued. “But it is so extreme, it is waking people up.”

“Liberal fascism.” What a catchy term!

Plus: Rubio: ‘The wrong people’ run America.

“Our nation is on the verge of another American century,” Rubio said. “It begins by turning the page on leaders trapped in yesterday.” . . .

Rubio cited flaws in Obama’s economic and foreign policies as the cause of fears over dwindling U.S. influence. First and foremost, the Florida lawmaker argued, were outdated notions towards America’s jobs market.

“Adjusting to the 21st century means understanding that automation and technology have ultimately changed the nature of work,” he charged.

Rubio next criticized Obama’s actions on the world stage. The president’s chief misstep, he claimed, was his tentative pact with Iran on its nuclear energy program.

“We can’t be a strong country if we are ambivalent towards our allies and accommodating of our enemies,” he said.

“How can it be that our president shows more respect for the Ayatollah in Iran than our allies in Israel?” Rubio added of Obama’s interactions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader.

“There has always been evil, but never in so many places and in so many ways,” he concluded of the global atmosphere.

America has the worst political class in its history. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner’s sole positive function is to make that abundantly clear.