Reuters
April 7, 016
U.S.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is getting a taste of the "New York values"
he derided in Iowa as Republicans turn to the next big U.S. presidential
contest in the home state of front-runner
Donald Trump.
The
New York billionaire lost the Wisconsin Republican primary on Tuesday
to Cruz and is seeking to rebound in New York on April 19. He won the
backing on Thursday of former New York Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, who was irked by Cruz's values comments.
"It's
New York City. We're family. I can make fun of New York but you can't,"
Giuliani, who led the city through the trauma of the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks, told the New York Post.
"I support Trump. I'm gonna vote for Trump," he said.
Ohio
Governor John Kasich, running third in the Republican race, chimed in
with an ad called "Values," part of a seven-figure ad buy in New York
and Pennsylvania, which votes on April 26.
"New
Yorkers aren't stupid and they certainly won't fall for Ted Cruz's lame
soliloquies and flattery after he slammed their values," said Kasich
spokeswoman Connie Wehrkamp.
Trump
canceled a Friday trip to California to focus on New York. He turned on
Cruz Wednesday night during his first rally in the state since the
double-digit loss in Wisconsin.
"I've
got this guy standing over there, looking at me, talking about New York
values with scorn in his face, with hated, with hatred of New York,”
Trump said, drawing a chorus of boos.
Cruz
credited his Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses victory in part to his attacks on
Trump's "New York values." He told ABC on Thursday the phrase referred
to the state's liberal Democrats.
Cruz
took another hit in the Bronx, where a group of high school students
protesting his stance on immigration threatened a walkout if their
principal did not cancel his appearance.
"Most
of us are immigrants or come from immigrant backgrounds. Ted Cruz goes
against everything our school stands for," Destiny Domeneck, 16, told
the New York Daily News.
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