Those Statue-of-Liberty values (give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free… )? The notorious claw-your-way-out-of-poverty-and-obscurity, anything-to-make-a-dollar, I-could-care-less-which-church-you-attend, first capital city of America values?
"Yeah, Ted, I farted. What are you going to do about it?" pic.twitter.com/SdYH1HhjO3
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) January 15, 2016
As reported during the Guardian liveblog:
Bartiromo asks Cruz about Cruz’s dig at Trump for having “New York values”. What did he mean by that?
“I think most people know exactly what New York values are,” Cruz says. And then to Bartiromo:
You’re from New York, so you might not. …Everyone understands that the values of New York City are socially liberal, pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, centered on money.
Not a lot of conservatives come out of Manhattan. I’m just sayin.’
Trump replies: “Conservatives actually do come out of Manhattan, including William F Buckley and others… New York is a great place, it’s got great people, it’s got loving people,” Trump says.
Then he plays the 9/11 card:
When the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely.
Even the smell of death, it was with us for months. And we rebuilt. … That was a very insulting statement that Ted made.…
That moment when Donald Trump is the more tolerant person in a GOP debate exchange.
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) January 15, 2016
There's was that moment where you knew where Trump was going and you could see the thought form in Cruz' head that, oh yeah, 9/11 was there.
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) January 15, 2016
My response to Cruz would be: I am a NY conservative, and it requires a lot thicker skin to be a conservative in NY than in Texas.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 15, 2016
I don't love New York because I'm from Chicago. But I will defend them to the death against Ted Cruz's bullshit.
— John Feehery (@JohnFeehery) January 15, 2016
I was born in NYC, I got the hell out as soon as I could (age 17-3/4), and I’d still defend it against Ted Cruz to the death. His death.
Cruz did intensive research into New York values by going to Princeton, Harvard Law, and marrying a Goldman Sachs exec.
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) January 15, 2016
That was probably the absolute best answer Trump could have given, no?
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 15, 2016
Also, the trope of saying we're all threatened by terrorists but LOL New York isn't really America really needed a good smack-around.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 15, 2016
Defining moment in debate: Cruz being an offensive enough asshole to cue Trump up for genuinely inspiring answer https://t.co/9lRBXqEMxL
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 15, 2016
Trump great. NYT always wrong
— Michele Bachmann (@MicheleBachmann) January 15, 2016
Opinion good. Tweet smart. https://t.co/ucXk96bdtB
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 15, 2016
“Former presidential campaign spox & senior Congressional aide” (& Rubio supporter):
Cruz’s collapse in this debate was stunning. He started so strong, and he ended so badly.
— Ellen L. Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) January 15, 2016
I’m still reeling from the New York exchange with Trump. Cruz made Trump likable by insulting one of the most resilient cities in the world.
— Ellen L. Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) January 15, 2016
Cruz spox Rick Tyler spin on the "New York Values"-9/11 exchange. "I get that the New York media wants to defend New York."
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) January 15, 2016
So’s the San Francisco media, of course —
#NewYorkValues pic.twitter.com/utXdJPhAtn
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) January 15, 2016
I think Cruz is going to regret that answer if he wins the nomination and Clinton does a better version of what Trump is doing right now
— Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) January 15, 2016
Getting emails blaming me for not smothering Ted Cruz in his sleep in 1988. What kind of monster do you think I am? A really prescient one?
— Craig Mazin (@clmazin) January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz's college roommate –> https://t.co/YJro8xI1Om
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) January 15, 2016
ETA:
People and Things from New York:
William F. Buckley
David Koch
Antonin Scalia
Ted Cruz's secret campaign loan: pic.twitter.com/LKH9UGznPt
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) January 15, 2016
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