But “New York values” ends up signifying a whole lot more than “flip-flopper” ever did: “I think most people know exactly what New York values are”, Cruz suggested during the debate. Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother.
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NBC News reported that Trump’s margin over Cruz sharply increased since last month, when the same poll found five points separating the two candidates. He doubled down. “Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, focus around money and the media”, he said.
“I find myself, for once, in agreement with Donald Trump”, said self-described liberal Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The latter spat produced one of the debate’s most memorable moments when co-moderator Maria Bartiromo, who pointed out that she is from NY, pointedly asked Cruz to explain what he meant. Said Fiorina to gasps from the audience, “Unlike another woman in this race, I actually love spending time with my husband”.
Cruz finished with “good news for the good people of NY”, arguing that 2016 will be a change election.
“I saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than NY”.
Tragic: James Smith (right) did not take kindly to a remark about “New York values” that Ted Cruz made earlier this week.
The New York Daily News’ cover Friday had a succinct reply to Sen.
Cruz didn’t mention Trump during his own speeches Friday and Saturday, including at his speech two hours before Trump at the Tea Party convention, when audience members friendly to both might have responded badly.
Recalling the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center and the “smell of death” that hung in the air, Trump spoke to the spirit of the city as residents worked to rebuild Manhattan. He added: “I have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that Ted made”.
Ted Cruz is under scrutiny for not properly disclosing a loan he took for his 2012 Senate bid.
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“Where the government mandates how much soda you can drink, where it is illegal to protect yourself with a firearm, and where its elected officials say that people who value unborn life aren’t welcome?” But speaking to reporters at a church not far from Charlotte on Saturday, Cruz, who once declined to attack Trump, shed any caution he may have had about laying into his top rival.
