Posted on 01/17/2016 5:32:50 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is slamming Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for attacking “New York values" and praising GOP rival Donald Trump for defending his home state.
"I'm a Democrat, but Donald Trump did a very good job defending New York," Schumer told host John Catsimatidis on "The Cats Roundtable" on New York's AM-970 on Sunday.
"I'd like Ted Cruz to go talk about New York values to the firefighters who rushed to the towers on 9/11, and the police and EMTs, to the brave New York police officers who keep our streets safe," he added.
Schumer also noted that Cruz's wife worked for Goldman Sachs.
"Maybe he wants to go to Wall Street and talk about New York values, you know, where his wife worked," Schumer said.
After Cruz attacked Trump this week for representing "New York values," Trump defended himself at Thursday's GOP presidential debate by invoking the city's response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
"I think [Cruz] hurt himself and he deserved to, and Trump, gotta give him credit, was right on the money in his response," Schumer said.
Schumer also referred to a New York Daily News front page showing the Statue of Liberty giving Cruz the middle finger.
"He will be now forever on the front page of the Daily News memorialized, because they had the Statue of Liberty, and she made a gesture in Cruz's direction," Schumer said.
As for the Senate, Schumer touted the body's bipartisan work in December, including passage of a transportation bill. Schumer said the work would be a sign of a productive year ahead.
"I think things are going to be a little better in the next 12 months," he said.
Sounds like an Obama video. I've had enough Trump supporter Ipecac to last for a week. FR has become a place to avoid.
nOOb??
Lol, what are you in third grade.
trump is for amnesty. How do I know? He told us, that is if what he says can be believed.
His plan is to deport 11m and then let them ALL back into the country LEGALLY. Get it? 11m new leftist voters, it’s going to be Yuge and great!! ( Donald says so!! )
My God, my friend. If you're familiar with Bensonhurst, then you should know full well what I'm talking about, in terms of Italians abandoning the city. The area is almost entirely Chinese and Middle Easterners now. Very few Italians currently exist in any of these once hugely Italian sections.
Do you support the Donald’s plan to legalize 11m illegal immigrants? That’s a yes or no question.
Do you not understand reading comprehension and political strategy? That Trump is fulfilling Jim's goal of eradicating the corrupt, useless GOPe first, and Trump bringing up important issues to the forefront that other candidates weren't addressing?
Who cares if Trump isn't Ivory soap pure on social issues? Let's secure the border and fight Islam first and get this economy moving again, and all that other stuff can be addressed later.
Apparently you have a problem with reading comprehension because I never said Jim did endorse Trump over Cruz. Understand??
I said “if “ he did.
Btw, do you support Donald’s brilliant plan to legalize 11m illegal immigrants? That’s a yes or no question.
Chuck Schumer = abortion, gun bans, and socialism. New York values?
New folks come in, they become Americans there. My Aunt has Hasidim neighbors and Italian neighbors and Chinese neighbors. The two churches nearby manage to fill halls every Tuesday & Wednesday with senior citizens for bingo and most of those are Italians although all are welcome. The neighborhood changes but it remains the same, families growing up and wanting to make a better world for their children.
I understand that. But very few Chinese people would even consider helping someone in trouble out. They basically stick to themselves. Most couldn't care less about their neighbors, at least the non-Chinese ones. Hasidics, on the other hand, are far more likely to be there if you need help. Then, most of them are politically and socially conservative. Very different from their liberal and leftist counterparts.
I can't provide an answer to a non-existent plan.
Distortion? Lol, here is a quote from a CNN interview:
We are going to move them out and then move them right back in and make them legal.
Get it? 11m illegal immigrants will be made legal under the Donald.
But don’t worry, it’s going to be great!!!!
Non-existent plan??
Proof positive low information voters are not only a democrat problem.
Do you even listen to what the great man himself has told us what he is going to do?
Cruz stepped in it when the ‘secret tape came out about his remarks about gay people being 3rd on his list’ and taking the money...
Then when Cruz attacked Trump on his mom, the gloves have come out...you think Bush is hurting...not near as bad as Cruz will be hurting...
And then to find that Cruz forgot to claim his Goldman Sachs and Citibank loans...well that’s icing on the cake...
As far as Hillary, Trump smashed her down, if she gets back up, she’ll get it worse...
Remember ‘The Snake’ well there you have it...
Here we go again with the most. My Aunt has a Chinese friend who is a tailor. They chat, my aunt brings her eggplant and her friend just fixed her new coat for her.
People are people and when they are not being attacked they can form connections. I resist labels and boxes even though that’s hard sometimes. You can’t build coalitions or bridges that way. My pragmatism again. I make an exception for liberals, they are beyond the pale, unless they begin to see the light. The damage they have done to the American way of life is horrendous.
Just like any Democrat, Trump played the victim card to defend New York.
Yep, he said he was going to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.
And reform our immigration process from top to bottom.
Here's his position, when you scrounge up something about him letting the 11 million illegals right back in, let me know.
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