Posted on 01/14/2016 7:59:52 PM PST by Helicondelta
Cruz "insulted a lot of people," Trump said. "I've had more calls on that statement that Ted made. New York is a great place, it's got great people, it's got loving people, wonderful people. When the World Trade Center came down, I saw something that no place on Earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than New York."
"[T]wo one hundred and ten story buildings come crashing down. I saw them come down. Thousands of people killed, and the clean up started the next day and it was the most horrific cleanup in the history of doing this and in construction," Trump said.
"I was down there. And I've never seen anything like it. And the people in New York fought and fought and fought and we saw more death and even the smell of death, nobody understood it. And it was with us for months, the smell, the air. And we rebuilt downtown Manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved New York and loved New Yorkers. And I have to tell you that was a really insulting statement that Ted made."
Cruz did not offer a response to Trump.
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Ahh, that’s just MeshugeMikey making friends again.
B.S. everyone knows NYC is full of liberals and that was what
he was referring to and even referencing Trump’s own comments.
If you want to pretend you don’t get it, go ahead.
There is no substance so where is the improvement? This was his worst, if that’s possible.
Well, I guess you can throw in the tens of millions in CA on this values thing.
Perhaps because he's from Queens.
Manhatten is Leftist Central. Wm. F. Buckley was a long time ago, the 60’s really.
Everyone knew he was referencing Trumps remark that no Evangelicals come from Cuba.
Well, everyone but you apparently.
And what is necessary for a conservative to win over a blue state?
TRUMP WAS EXCELLENT!!
“TRUMP WAS EXCELLENT!!”
Which universe was that in?
The New York values line might work well in Iowa.
It did not work well on National TV.
It’s funny, because I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Freepers wish that NYC would fall off the face of the earth into the ocean.
So this manufactured fake outrage is just that-—fake. It’s all in the service of Donnie. I’m not buying it for a second, and I’m not going to pretend I share in ANY liberal values.
Trump has AMERICAN values!
Do you know who then candidate Bush’s policy adviser was in 1999?
It was Ted Cruz. Ted sent a memo to Bush either telling him to come out against Proposition 187, or how to explain he was against it to the media.
Proposition 187 was California’s attempt to get illegal alien costs under control
The citizens of California got Prop 187 on the ballet. The voted for it. It passed.
The the Ninth Circuit stepped in. Gray Davis and the then California Attorney General decided not to appeal the ruling.
Then you get guys out of state trashing Californians for trying to address the issue. That’s RINO territory right there.
It’s also a State’s Rights issue. I thought Conservatives believed in that.
So either Ted was not a Conservative on that issue, or he was a Republican willing to go along to get along.
I’m sorry, but that IS NOT a Conservative thing to do.
Ted Cruz in 2011 stated that the 14th Amendment does cover the children of illegal aliens, makes them citizens when born on U. S. soil.
I don’t know many knowledgeable Conservatives that flat out concede that point. Levin doesn’t.
So when it comes to Ted, and his Conservative credentials, don’t talk to me about a solid Conservative.
I’m not buying what you’re selling.
I would never state that Trump was a solid Conservative. He never lied to me and said he was. He has his political moles, he’s just not telling me they’re pimples.
Trump doesn’t make excuses. He is what he is. With Trump I’ve never felt like he was Mr. “Have I got and excuse for you.”
I can’t say that about Ted.
Actually I think Trump has been paying attention and is getting much better as he goes along. I think he took Ted by surprise. This was not Ted’s best night. Getting in that back and forth with Rubio was not good. It definitely hurt Cruz.
You are looking through stary eyes if you really think that Trump is praising such NYC ultra-liberal-de-Blasio values just to win THIS election,
so he can do the exact opposite once he gets in the WH and be the superconservative.
Considering that he was a liberal up until this most recently for this run.
No it didn’t. I personally know several folks from NY now living in CA. Top shelf good people. One of which is more to the right than most on this site.
I think The Donald may actually do it. Not all but some. I just think Cruz ought to think twice about writing off all the blue states. Upstate NY is quite conservative although, of course, it has fair less sway over elections than downstate. No need to insult those voters.
Nice words considering Jim yanked your tread earlier.
You got bit$ch slapped.
Your nasty vanity thread was yanked very quickly.
They seem to have forgotten that Trump said “No Evangelicals come from Cuba”
Cruz was doing a subtle takeoff of that.
The nuance seems to have been lost on some.
Hence the fake outrage.
But it comes from fake Conservatives so who cares.
Since that’s not what I said, you just have a great conversation with yourself.
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