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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz defended his attacks on rival Donald Trump for embodying “New York values” at a campaign stop in the Bronx on Thursday, less than two weeks before the Empire State’s critical GOP primary. Cruz said that when he uses the term “New York values,” he’s referring to the “liberal Democratic politicians” whose policies “have been hammering the people of New York for some time.” The Texas senator ticked through a list of high-profile New York liberals and disgraced former officials from the state that he said have long been in the pocket of Trump. The billionaire...

GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee joined the growing number of Republicans criticizing rival Ted Cruz by attacking him for meeting with gay businessmen despite being a staunch opponent of gay marriage. Huckabee on Wednesday tweeted a link to a New York Times article about the meeting, saying "I'll never play political games with my faith." "We shouldn't say one thing for votes, and another for NYC money," he added.

Donald Trump has been on a tear today on Twitter, consistently attacking Ted Cruz today. Trump has called the Texas Senator a hypocrite and challenged him repeatedly over his comments regarding New York. Trump: Everybody that loves the people of New York, and all they have been thru, should get hypocrites like Ted Cruz out of politics! Earlier today Trump slammed Cruz for accepting money from supporters of gay marriage and then taking a stand against it. He said on Twitter, "If Ted Cruz is so opposed to gay marriage, why did he accept money from people who espouse gay...