A lot of New Yorkers who are supposedly so tough are sure acting thin-skinned.
Let’s reverse it for a minute. What would the result be if Trump were to insult Texas?
He wouldn’t, because that would be a huge unforced error. Therein lies the heart of the matter: Trump rattled Cruz, and he made a tactical error both in the debate and in his snarky non-apology.
I’m not from NY, and don’t care about that. It’s the underlying judgement issue with Ted which caused me to stop supporting him long ago. (TPA, Corker, etc).