Gloves Come Off During First GOP Debate of 2016

One notable stumble for Cruz was when he criticized Trump’s so-called “New York values”.

“I have an uncertainty about it and no one has brought this up before”, Schwartz told Fox News Latino.

Jezebel writer Joanna Rothkopf slammed Cruz’s rhetoric as anti-Semitic on Friday, comparing him to an “in-house comic at Fuhrer headquarters”.

John Markowski, a minister who was dropping his son off at a public school, said: “It’s insulting for anyone to make a derogatory comment about NY values”. Sanders, a Vermont senator, is Hillary Clinton’s nearest competitor for the Democratic nomination.

Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Sen. “I find it very ironic that Ted Cruz went running to Goldman Sachs when he needed a big loan”, he said, referring to headlines about loans previously undisclosed by Cruz that coincided with his 2012 Senate campaign.

“I’ve never seen anything like it. And the people in NY fought and fought and fought, and we saw more death and even the smell of death-nobody understood it”, Trump said during the debate. He also apologized to NY law enforcement and first responders who de Blasio doesn’t stand with and instead “stands with looters and criminals”.

And the campaign believes Cruz “put that to bed last night”, referring to his passionate statements on the matter in a rebuttal to Donald Trump at Thursday’s Republican debate.

“Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro-gay marriage”, Cruz said, adding that New Yorkers are focused “around money and the media”.

Ted Cruz on Friday offered an extended “apology” to those offended by his criticism of “New York values”, but rather than back down from his controversial comments, he instead slammed the Empire State’s “liberal politicians”.

“I recognize that Donald is dismayed that his poll numbers are falling in Iowa”, he said. The Donald shot him down hard, name-dropping National Review founder William F. Buckley, and recalling the solidarity of New York City after the 9-11 attacks.

“Just this once, Trump’s right: New Yorkers value hard work, diversity, tolerance, resilience, and building better lives for our families”.

“If he had any class or possessed true presidential timber, Ted Cruz would offer New Yorkers a real apology instead of sarcasm – not because we need it, but to prove he’s not a hypocrite”.