Why apologize to people that would have never voted for him in the first place. Still there are few conservatives left in New York who will continue to share his values and maybe vote for him. The rest can vote for whoever they want. That's their choice.
Ted can't compromise his values or opinions for the sake of political correctness to satisfy the majority of New York liberals. So what if they are offended? You can't be a true conservative and support liberal values. The two don't mix. We have too many like that already in Washington. So my advice is stand firm.
Texans elected him to the Senate to do that and so far he has not disappointed us. So give'em hell Ted and may the force be with you.
“Why apologize to people that would have never voted for him in the first place”
Because the narrative of Cruz slapping the “values” (note this is a vague word that was not clearly qualified) of a “New York” and then having the people there showcase their collective response to 9-11 as what they consider their values as being was an effective kill-shot that can and will tar him in places that would have voted for him.
People on FR desperately looking for negative stuff to back up Cruz (or at least think they are), is only reinforcing a flub after the battle is already lost, and is only helping make NYC into the “victim” of an unprovoked swipe.
“Ted can’t compromise his values or opinions for the sake of political correctness to satisfy the majority of New York liberals”
Making a poorly-deviled statement is not a “value”.
“So what if they are offended”
When the media that reside in NYC own more ink than God, giving them a target that benefits you in no way to stand by, is a sure way to get demolished.
“You can’t be a true conservative and support liberal values”
Which has nothing o do with this.
“Texans elected him to the Senate...”
He isnt running for the Senate in Texas.
“So give’em hell Ted and may the force be with you.”
Charge of the light brigade 2: This time maybe the bullets will miss!?
When the Liberals who speak for both NYC and NY State espouse values antithetical to those Conservatives prize, what is there to apologize for?
If NY Conservatives are offended, the offense they need to take is with those who espouse those values as if they speak for all New Yorkers instead of berating the Conservative who pointed that out.