Ted Cruzs New York Republican Primary Campaign Is Off To A Disastrous Start
By Sarah Jones on Wed, Apr 6th, 2016 at 10:01 pm Politics USA
The New York Daily News is taking on all of the 2016 presidential candidates, but tomorrow's cover is especially personal, telling Ted Cruz to take the F U train for dissing New York values.
The New York Daily News is taking on all of the 2016 presidential candidates, but tomorrows cover is especially personal, telling Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to take the F U train for dissing New York values.
They tweeted Wednesday evening, Tomorrows front page: TAKE THE F U TRAIN, TED! Cruz jeered in bungled Bronx tour.
Angry New Yorkers greeted the Republican Senator on his mend-fences and drum-up-votes visit in anticipation of the April 19th primary. They were angry about Cruzs contemptuous New York values comment and his immigration stance. The New York Daily News reported:
Cruz was crucified during a stop in the Bronx, where residents and elected leaders derided him for insulting the city and the borough, only to come crawling back begging for money and votes.
Just because he has a Hispanic last name does not mean hes Hispanic, said hairstylist Edna Ferrer, 57, who was chastising Cruz supporters outside a campaign event in the Bronx. His mind is white.
At a January Fox Business GOP debate in South Carolina, Cruz snidely slammed the New York values of Donald Trump, who was born in Queens.
Maria Bartiromo, a Fox Business moderator, said she is from New York but she had no idea what New York values were. So Cruz said to much appreciation from the audience, You are from New York so you might not, but I promise you here in the state of South Carolina, they do.
That was Ted Cruz playing on the Civil War resentment that continues to linger in the south and has a ripe home in South Carolina, where effigies of President Obama are lawn ornaments.
Cruz condescended to explain, 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.
Speaking of Ted Cruz dissing New Yorkers for focusing on money, Ted Cruz has found New York quite lucrative. The Hill reported in January:
Cruzs presidential campaign has raised at least $470,851 from New York donors in the first three quarters of fundraising this primary season, making the state his fourth most lucrative in the U.S., according to the nonpartisan campaign finance group the Center for Responsive Politics.
Not only that, but Cruzs second-largest super-PAC contribution a check for $11 million came from financier Robert Mercer, whose hedge fund Renaissance Technologies is headquartered in East Setauket, N.Y.
Darn those New York values with the focus on money.
Cruz also used the term on a January 12 radio interview with Howie Carr, saying, You know Donald comes from New York and he embodies New York values.
Asked on this visit to explain what he meant by the term, the Texas Republican most famous for leading a shut down of the government in a show effort to defund Obamacare said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos that will air Thursday, April 7 on Good Morning America that he was mocking the liberal, New York Democrats.
Let me be very clear. The people that I was talking about are the liberal New York Democrats who have hammered this state. It is people like Mayor Bill de Blasio. It is people like Governor Cuomo, Cruz said.
Cruz is in the state to get votes. So like the charming uniter he is, he led with an insult.
When they tell you to take the F U train out of town, your primary campaign could be doing better.
Ted Cruz visit to Bronx high school canceled after students threaten a walkout: His views are against ours
BY Chauncey Alcorn, Leonard Greene NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 4:05 PM
Ted Cruz came to New York Wednesday talking about education, but hes the one who got schooled.
The lesson came from a group of Bronx high school students who told the Republican presidential candidate to stay away.
Cruz was scheduled to speak at Bronx Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy until students wrote a letter to the principal asking her not to let Cruz come, prompting staffers to cancel the appearance.
"We told her if he came here, we would schedule a walkout," said Destiny Domeneck, 16. "Most of us are immigrants or come from immigrant backgrounds. Ted Cruz goes against everything our school stands for."
Destiny and her classmates communicated that sentiment to Lighthouse Principal Alix Duggins.
A group of students will be leaving during 4th period, as (an) act of civil disobedience in regards to the arrival of Ted Cruz to BLCPA, the letter said. We have all considered the consequences of our actions and are willing to accept them.
Should be a fun couple weeks here in NY . It started with Kaisich learning how to eat pizza . Cruz had a weak day yesterday in the Bronx. Today he toured a matzo factory in Brooklyn . Evita got to ride the 4 train for the 1st time in her life. It took her 5 swipes to use the electonic ticket. Before that she had some kind of an event in front of Yankee stadium. Trump had a rally in my old stomping grounds at Grumman on Long Island. He sounded as shallow and inane as ever.
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato
Trump had a rally in my old stomping grounds at Grumman on Long Island. He sounded as shallow and inane as ever.
I saw it. Trump was ranting about Cruz disparaging New York values, hatred pouring out of him toward the victims of 9/11, blah-blah-blah. More deranged than usual.
Trump may be so overconfident in NYC that he hurts himself. It wouldn't be the first time.
Isn't it wonderful? We can get pictures from underground when Mrs. Clinton gets on the subway! Isn't it marvelous?"
Yeah, the el is marvelous.
This shows how normal she is . Hate to tell her , no one 'normal' goes on the subway if they don't have to . Of course us 'normal' folks don't get to ride with an armed escort. Now she's got tales to tell about the time she rode on the subway and got jostled by the commoners . I'm sure her telling will be better than her dodging Bosnian sniper bullets tale.
"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." Plato